Jess Walter

Jess Walter in 2009

Jess Walter (b. July 20 1965^[1]) is an American author of five novels. His work has been published in fifteen countries and translated into thirteen languages.

Walter is also a career journalist, whose work has appeared in Newsweek, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. As a reporter he covered the Randy Weaver/Ruby Ridge case for the Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper and authored a book about the case, Every Knee Shall Bow (revised edition titled Ruby Ridge).^[2] He also writes short stories, essays and screenplays and was the co-author of Christopher Darden’s 1996 bestseller In Contempt. His 2006 novel The Zero was a finalist for the National Book Award.

He lives with his wife and children in Spokane, Washington. He is an alumnus of Eastern Washington University.

Bibliography

Novels

• Over Tumbled Graves (2001)
• The Land of the Blind (2003)
• Citizen Vince (2005)
• The Zero (2006)
• The Financial Lives of the Poets (2009)

Non-fiction

• Every Knee Shall Bow (1995) (re-released as Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family in 2002)
• In Contempt (co-authored with Christopher Darden) (1996)

Awards

• 2006 : Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel Citizen Vince.
• 2006 : National Book Award Finalist for best novel The Zero.
• 2006 : Finalist for Washington State Book Award in Fiction for The Zero
• 2007 : Finalist for Washington State Book Award in Fiction for Citizen Vince
• 2011 : Finalist for Washington State Book Award in Fiction for The Financial Lives of the Poets

References

1. ^ Jess Walter biography (click "Meet the Writer" tab)
2. ^ Jess Walter, Every Knee Shall Bow, HarperCollins ReganBooks, 1995, ISBN 0-06-000794-X.

External links

• Official Jess Walter website
• Fantastic Fiction - Jess Walter

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