Author Bio
• Birth—October 27, 1966
• Raised—Palo Alto, California, USA
• Education—B.A., Weslyan University
• Currently—lives in Arlington, Massachusetts
Steve Almond is an American short story writer and essayist. He was raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School, and received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University.
Almond spent seven years as a newspaper reporter, mostly in El Paso and at the Miami New Times. He has been writing fiction for over ten years. His work can be found in a range of literary magazines, and newspapers including the Boston Globe, Playboy Magazine, Nerve, Polite, Lake Effect, 3:AM Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. He also reviews books for the Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. His work was selected for the Best American Short Stories 2010.
His books include Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America (2004); (Not That You Asked) Rants, Exploits and Obsessions (2007); Letters from People Who Hate Me (2010); Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life (2010).
Almond served as adjunct professor in creative writing at Boston College for five years until publishing an open letter of resignation in the the Boston Globe on May 12, 2006, in which he explained that his resignation was intended to protest the selection of Condoleezza Rice as the college's 2006 commencement guest speaker.
Almond was a contributing writer to Alarm Clock Theatre Company's Elliot Norton Award winning play PS Page Me Later, based on selections from Found Magazine.
He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts. (Adapted from Wikipedia.)