Richard Klin

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Hudson Valley, NY

New York US

Email:

richardklin100@gmail.com

Website:

www.richardklin.com

Author's Bio

My novel, PETROLEUM TRANSFER ENGINEER, was published in 2018 via Underground Voices. I'm also the author of SOMETHING TO SAY (Leapfrog Press), a series of profiles of various artists discussing the intersection of art and politics, and ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM FOR BEGINNERS (For Beginners Books). My work--fiction and nonfiction--has been featured on Public Radio International's STUDIO 360 and has appeared in the THE MILLIONS, the ATLANTIC, CULTURAL DAILY, the BROOKLYN RAIL, the FORWARD, BULB CULTURE COLLECTIVE, and others.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:

SOMETHING TO SAY (Leapfrog Press, 2011)

Journals:

Atlantic Monthly

Brooklyn Rail

Poetica Magazine

Fiction

Book:

PETROLEUM TRANSFER ENGINEER (Underground Voices, 2018)

Journals:

Adelaide Literary Magazine

Box of Jars

Prizes won:

Participant, Lit Youngstown [Ohio] Fall Literary Festival, 2024

Writing Fellow, Galerie Huit, Arles, France (2019)

Writing Fellow, BAU Institute Artist Residency, Otranto, Italy (2013)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Issac Bashevis Singer, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, Chester Himes, Philip K. Dick, A.B. Yehoshua, Richard Yates, Edith Wharton, Hugh Nissenson, Peter Bagge, Dan Clowes, Carson McCullers, Louis Menand, Noam Chomsky, Jim Thompson

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Jewish

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

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Last update: Dec 22, 2025