Website: John DufresneBirthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts
Current Residence: Dania, FL
Setting: New England, The South
Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Plays, Writing
John Dufresne (1948-) has a creative writing degree from the University of Arkansas. Dufresne teaches Creative Writing at Florida International University in Miami. Eve Richardson of Poets and Writers characterizes Dufresne's writing style as "unfailingly fallible, often quirky, human to the last molecule, seeking a coherent existence in an oft-mad world, and pursued by Trouble." Requiem, Mass was awarded the Gold Medal for General Fiction at the 2008 Florida Book Awards. He lives in Dania, FL.
Book List
No regrets, Coyote (2013)
Requiem, Mass. (2008)
Johnny Too Bad: Stories 2005.
Deep in the Shade of Paradise (novel) 2002.
Love Warps the Mind a Little (novel) 1996.
Louisiana Power and Light (novel) 1994.
The Way That Water Enters Stone (short stories) 1991.
Non-Fiction
Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months (2010)
The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction 2003.
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