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Laymon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Kiese Laymon (born 1974), American writer, editor, and professor *Richard Laymon (1947–2001), American author *Tracie Laymon Tracie Laymon is an American screenwriter, producer and film director. Laymon was raised in Houston, Texas, and studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. She began her film career with work in the Texas area, and several of her music vid ..., American screenwriter, producer, and film director See also * Lamon (name) * Layman (surname) {{surname ...
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Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon (born August 15, 1974, Jackson, Mississippi) is a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Rice University. He is the author of three full-length books: a novel, ''Long Division'' (2013), and two memoirs, ''How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America'' (2013) and the award-winning '' Heavy: An American Memoir'' (2018). Laymon was awarded a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Fellows Program in 2022. Early life and education Laymon was born and raised in Mississippi. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Oberlin College, and his Master's in Fine Arts at Indiana University. He also attended Jackson State University, where his mother worked as a political science professor, and Millsaps College, where he was suspended for a year after taking a library book without checking it out. His suspension followed ongoing criticism from the administration, including president George Harmon, who believed his cont ...
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Richard Laymon
Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. Life and career Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then lived in Tiburon, California, as a teen. He graduated from Redwood High School, then pursued a BA in English Literature from Willamette University in Oregon and an MA in English Literature from Loyola University in Los Angeles. His works include more than sixty short stories and more than thirty novels, a few of which were published under the pseudonym Richard Kelly. Twenty of his stories were published as part of the Fastback Mystery series—single short stories released in book form. Despite praise from prominent writers from within the genre, including Stephen King and Dean Koontz, Laymon was little known in his homeland—he enjoyed greater success in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom—until his affiliation with Leisure B ...
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Tracie Laymon
Tracie Laymon is an American screenwriter, producer and film director. Laymon was raised in Houston, Texas, and studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. She began her film career with work in the Texas area, and several of her music videos and short films were recognized with film festival awards. She served in film production capacities in multiple movies, including ''Matchstick Men'' in 2003 and ''The Alamo (2004 film), The Alamo'' in 2004. Laymon moved to California in 2005, and continued film production work there, serving as production assistant on films ''The Ringer (2005 film), The Ringer'' in 2005 and ''Blades of Glory'' in 2007. Her short film ''Inside'' premiered in 2009 at the Milan International Film Festival in Milan, Italy, and won the award in "Best Short Film" from the Women's Image Network. She also directed the first ever half-hour comedy for the internet entitled "Goodnight Burbank", which premiered on Hulu.com in April 2011 and was personally acquired ...
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Lamon (name)
Lamon is both a surname and a given name. Some notable people with the name include: * Francesco Lamon (born 1994), Italian track and road cyclist * Georgie Lamon (1934–2016), Swiss politician * Isabel Lamon (1898–1958), American actress in silent films * Jeanne Lamon (21st century), Canadian violinist * Laurie Lamon (21st century), American poet * Sophie Lamon (born 1985), Swiss Olympic fencer * Ward Hill Lamon (1828–1893), American lawyer * Lamon Brewster (born 1973), American heavyweight * Lamon Archey Lamon Dezjon Archey (; born April 9, 1981)Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. is an American actor best known for his role in The CW '' All American '' and soap opera, ...