Andy Henion
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| Gender | Male |
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| Introduction | Writer of stories. Lover of noir, humor, lyrical gold, literary fiction with punch. Author of "The Devil in Snakeskins," a hardboiled sci-fi western, and 100+ short stories. I'm a former newspaper reporter and editor turned media relations manager. Born in northern Michigan the day before Neil Armstrong said some stuff on the moon. My short fiction has been shortlisted for Best American Mystery Stories 2014 and the Derringer Award, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. |
| Interests | Writing and reading fiction, sports, movies, swimming, traveling, Detroit Tigers and Lions |
| Favorite movies | Braveheart, Gladiator, No Country for Old Men, I Am Legend, Star Wars, Seven, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Other Guys, Dodgeball, Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight, Pitch Black, Predator, Rain Man, Unforgiven, Hancock, Juno |
| Favorite music | Godsmack, Linkin Park, Weezer, Metallica, Chili Peppers, Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Sublime, REM, U2, Stones, Seger |
| Favorite books | The Shipping News, Catcher in the Rye, No Country for Old Men, God is a Bullet, Paris Trout, Bastard Out of Carolina, The Old Man and the Sea, anything by Elmore Leonard, John Sandford, James Lee Burke, James W. Hall, Michael Connelly, Kent Haruf. ... Short stories: Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson; "The Cavemen in the Hedges" by Stacey Richter; "Until Gwen" by Dennis Lehane; "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned" by Wells Tower; "Running Out of Dog" by Lehane; "Poachers" by Tom Franklin; Authors: Raymond Carver, Joe Meno, Ottessa Moshfegh |