K. J. Stevens (born June 4, 1973) is an American novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in The Adirondack Review, Fluid Magazine, Me Three, Circle Magazine, Cellar Door, Prose Ax, Temenos, and BloodLotus. Pilgrims Bay, Stevens first novel, was released in 2007.
Stevens' writing style has been described as minimalist.Schuelke, Garret. "Pilgrims Bay by K.J. Stevens-A". The CrossCut. Retrieved May 10, 2008 Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Gertrude Stein, Amanda Davis, Sylvia Plath, Raymond Carver, David Shaw, and Flannery O'Connor have been attributed as his influences."Just Getting Started", K.J. Stevens' Amazon Blog, January 13, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2008
Biography Stevens was born in Alpena, Michigan, but grew up in Maple Ridge Township. Stevens attended Central Michigan University up to December 1999, where he published his first work with fellow Michigan writer Travis Mulhauser, titled Corvallis Road.Fenton, Angie. "Tenacious writers take future into own hands" , Central Michigan Life, 1999-09-15. Afterwards, he studied creative writing at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
He currently resides in Alpena, Michigan.
Bibliography
Novels Pilgrims Bay (2007) Black (2012) - published by Red-Raw (London UK)
Collections Corvallis Road (with Travis Mulhauser ) (1999) A Better Place (2002) Infidelity (2004) Dead Bunnies (2004) CUTTING TEETH (2012)
Poetry Introspection (chapbook) (1999)
Nonfiction Landscaping (2007)
References
External links Profile and blog at Amazon.com "K.J. Stevens blog at Open Salon
Works "CUTTING TEETH" by K.J. Stevens "Pilgrim's Bay" by K.J. Stevens "Dead Bunnies" by K.J. Stevens Full text of Seven Corners by K.J. Stevens Full text of In Debt by K.J. Stevens Full text of The Throw Away by K.J. Stevens Full text of Dead Bunnies by K.J. Stevens