Bryan Joachim Malessa (born May 16, 1964, in

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) is an American

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. He is a graduate of the

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(BA), the

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, and

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(CR). (

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). He lives in greater

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Novels

The Flight

In reviewing The Flight (

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), set on the

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stated "With this story...Bryan Malessa joins the ranks of obel Laureate

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and others in taking on the major preoccupations of post-war

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...and the role of literature in history and memory."

The War Room

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, Mark Simpson wrote "Billed as 'an epic investigation into America's underbelly,' The War Room has a

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quality to it, but without the toxicity."

Other works

His story "Looking Out For Hope" (Voices of the Xiled, Doubleday, 1994) in memory of

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was made into a short film directed by

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and scored by the rock band

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. He is also editor of Re/mapping the Occident (University of California, 1995) and a journalist whose best-known piece is a widely cited career retrospective interview “Once Was King” with World Champion and three-time

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winner

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Sources

*The Irish Times, Escape From East Prussia http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2007/0407/1175720887682.html *The Independent (UK) review of The Fligh

*Financial Times “The War Room” http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/327918e4-3563-11e0-aa6c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1EHYut8eX *Bryan Malessa, "Once Was King: An interview with Greg LeMond" http://www.roble.net/marquis/coaching/lemond98.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Malessa, Bryan 1964 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American male novelists University of California, Berkeley alumni Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Writers from California Writers from Montana Novelists from Ohio People from Chagrin Falls, Ohio 21st-century American male writers