Chris Bachelder (born 1971) is an American

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and frequent contributor to the publications '' McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'' and '' The Believer''. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he grew up in Christiansburg, Virginia. He attended

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( BA, 1992) and the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

at Gainesville ( MFA, 2002). Bachelder has taught fiction writing and literature courses at

Colorado College Colorado College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory. The college enrolls approxi ...

(Assistant Professor), North Carolina Governor's School West,

New Mexico State University New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's ...

(Visiting Professor), and The

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, ...

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, along with Sabina Murray,

Noy Holland Noy Holland (born December 3, 1960) is an American writer. Biography Holland received her Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Florida in 1994. Holland is a Professor in the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachuset ...

and Anthony Giardina. He currently teaches at the

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(Associate Professor). Bachelder's e-book ''Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography'' was

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first career-development e-book. By 2004, more than 45,000 people had downloaded the novel. His most recent novel, ''The Throwback Special'', was published by W.W. Norton and Company in March 2016 and was named as a finalist for the

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Bibliography

* ''Bear v. Shark'' (Scribner, 2001) * ''Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography'' (e-book), 2006, ''McSweeney's'' * ''U.S.!'' (Bloomsbury USA, 2006). * ''Abbott Awaits'' (Louisiana State University Press, 2011) * ''The Throwback Special'' (W. W. Norton, 2016)

References

External links

Chris Bachelder, ''Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography'' (free e-book)
''McSweeney's''
Chris Bachelder faculty page at University of Cincinnati
1971 births Living people American male novelists Massachusetts culture People from Christiansburg, Virginia University of Florida alumni Virginia Tech alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty Colorado College faculty New Mexico State University faculty 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Massachusetts Novelists from Colorado {{US-novelist-1970s-stub