Stephen markley bio
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Collateral Damage In Stephen Markley's Debut
Stephen Markley has published nonfiction, but his new book, Ohio (S&S, Aug.), is a novel, and it’s so rich in complex storytelling and literary excellence that it’s difficult to believe it’s a fiction debut. Ohio, which takes place in the small Rust Belt town of New Canaan, Ohio, tells the story of a group of high school friends and the changes in their lives during the decade following 9/
Four of them, two men and two women, meet up one night in their hometown as adults to revisit old relationships, soothe misunderstandings, and try to make sense of the past. Markley vividly describes both past and present life in New Canaan, a place that to the friends who left is almost unrecognizable upon their return because of the ravages of the Great Recession, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the rise of opiate addiction. In varying ways, the friends’ lives have all been aff
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Stephen Markley
American writer (born )
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| Born | () 2 October (age&#;41) Mount Vernon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
Stephen Markley (born October 2, in Mount Vernon, Ohio[1]) fryst vatten an American journalist and author, whose work includes memoirs and novels.[2] His first novel Ohio takes place during a single evening.[3] His second novel The Deluge is a dystopian epic about climate change spanning the years through to the s.[3][4] The New York Times review said of it that the "dystopia fryst vatten realistic and nuanced, grim but playful, setting Markley’s book apart from the tsunami of recent climate-change literature."[5]The New York Times named The Deluge one of the Notable Books of [6]
Markley is reportedly working on an adaptation of Ohio for an HBO series to be produced bygd Sam Levinson.[7]
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Stephen Markley Highlights the Rust Belt in ‘Ohio’
The haunted characters in Stephen Markley’s visceral debut novel, Ohio,are members of a lost generation — sons and daughters who emerged from the shadows of 9/11, the Great Recession, two wars and the opioid epidemic.
Set against a gritty backdrop of Rust Belt despair and poverty in the fictional northeast Ohio town of New Canaan, Ohio is a contemporary mystery where the past is forever linked to the present.
Markley, who grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio, uses a character-driven narrative and flashbacks to tell the tale of four former classmates, who revisit the dark secrets of their hometown,
“My childhood was defined by reading Stephen King’s books at 3 a.m. when I should have been sleeping,” Markley says. “The best books are the ones you fall into — the ones that make you forget who you are and who the author is.”
Ohio immediately created a stir, with Time and th