John B. Marek
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Essayist and Storyteller |
| Location | Huntersville, North Carolina, United States |
| Introduction | John B. Marek is an award-winning essayist and storyteller whose distinctive writing style combines elements of both forms, imbuing his nonfiction work with a storytellers flair and his fiction with the keen observations of an essayist. An avid outdoorsman, gardener, and dog parent, much of John's recent writing--both fiction and nonfiction--focuses on themes of nature, rurality, and self-reliance. His older work deals more broadly with quality of life, work, and place. John has published five books; the essay collections Secrets of Neighborhood Marketing (2006), Breakfast at Midway (2008), and Ben and the Art of Lawnmower Maintenance (2018), and the short-fiction collections The Bug Jar and Other Stories (2016) and Ocean of Storms (2019). Two of his short stories, "Bandito" and "'Esque," from those collections won Anson awards for Best Adult Fiction. |
| Interests | Kayaing, Fishing, Hiking, Gardening |