E. M. Schorb

Poet, Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

E.M. Schorb’s novels include Paradise Square, winner of the International eBook Award Foundation’s Grand Prize at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2000, and A Portable Chaos, winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Fiction, 2004. Others include Fortune Island, published by Cherokee McGhee, 2009 and Resurgius: a Sixties Sex Comedy, Rainy Day Reads, 2014. His poetry has been widely published in journals. Recent collections include Eclectica Americana and Dates and Dreams. His earlier volume, Time and Fevers, was the recipient of the Writer’s Digest 16th Annual International Self-Published Book Award for Poetry, as well as an Eric Hoffer Award for Poetry. An earlier collection, Murderer’s Day, was awarded the Verna Emery Poetry Prize and published by Purdue University Press.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Paradise Square (Denlinger's Publishers, Ltd., 2000)
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Scenario for Scorsese (Denlinger's Publishers, Ltd., 2000)
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Murderer's Day (Purdue University Press, 1998)
Prizes won: 

Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Award for Poetry, 2008: Time and Fevers -- Eric Hoffer Award for Books, 2007: Time and Fevers -- Writers Notes Magazine Book Award for Fiction, 2004: A Portable Chaos -- Grand Prize, Fiction, International eBook Award Foundation, 2000: Paradise Square -- Verna Emery Poetry Prize, Purdue University Press, 1998: Murderer's Day

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Plainfield, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Jul 23, 2025