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James Breeden [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Durham, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
breedenjames33@gmail.com
Bio: 

 

James Breeden is the author of three novels including the award-winning Painting Angela, published by the North American Review Press. His stories and poems have appeared in The Apalachee Review, the Broad River Review, Crime Factory, The Pisgah Review, The Main Street Rag, the Piedmont Literary Review, Thrift Poetic Arts, The Xavier Review, several anthologies, and a dozen other literary journals.

            His fiction has been a finalist in the Ron Rash Fiction Award, Doris Betts Fiction Prize and the Dana Awards.

            Mr. Breeden is a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network and the national and local Sisters-in-Crime. He's a graduate of the University of New Orleans and lives and works in Durham, NC.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Lincoln, IL
Illinois
Raised in: 
St. Charles, IL
Illinois
Website: 
https://jamesbreedenwrites.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Gas Station Pulp Award for "literary crime noir" sponsored by the North American Review for my novel Painting Angela.

 My stories were finalists for the Ron Rash Fiction Award sponsored by the Broad River Review, The Doris Betts Fiction Prize, and the Dana Awards. 

Identifies as: 
Irish American

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/james_breeden [2] https://jamesbreedenwrites.com