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Jake Kerr

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Jake Kerr

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Full Name: Jake Kerr
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation: Writer
Nationality: American
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Biography

I began writing short fiction in 2010 after a long career as a music and radio industry columnist and journalist. The second story I wrote and the first one I published, "The Old Equations," appeared in Lightspeed magazine and went on to be named a finalist for the Nebula Award and to be shortlisted for the StorySouth Million Writers and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial awards. I've subsequently been published in Fireside Magazine, Escape Pod, and the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology of humorous SF. I will return to the pages of Lightspeed for the third time in 2013 with my story "Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince."

I graduated from Kenyon College with degrees in English and Psychology. Kenyon not only taught me a love of reading and literature that will always be a part of my soul, it also gave me unique opportunities to be a better writer. While at Kenyon, I studied under writer-in-residence Ursula K. Le Guin and Peruvian playwright Alonso Alegria. Both have been big influences on how I approach writing.

While I continue to write short fiction, I am currently working on my first novel.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

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