Steve Weddle is an American author, best known for his book
Country Hardball
" which the

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called "downright dazzling." He is the co-founder (with Jay Stringer) of the crime fiction collectiv
Do Some Damage
the co-creator (with John Hornor Jacobs) of the noir magazine Needle, and a regular instructor a
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Early life

Weddle received his undergraduate degree from

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, his

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from

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, and his

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in Poetry from

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Career

After graduating from Louisiana State University, Weddle taught college and worked as a journalist. Weddle said that he began writing fiction because he was a "terrible student" and cites

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and

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among his influences. Weddle's first novel was completed in 2008 and he signed with the Donald Maass Literary Agency. His short story "Cyborg Lesbian Vampire Assassins" appeared in the anthology "Both Barrels," published by Shotgun Honey. Weddle's stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies and his Roy Alison novel
Country Hardball
was published by Tyrus Books in 2013.

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called the book "gritty."The follow-up story, "South of Bradley," appeared in

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magazine in 2015. Weddle has said that he is working on a new novel with the same family, set in 1933.

Works

Roy Alison stories

Country Hardball
(2013) *
South of Bradley
(2015)
Le Bon Fils
(2016)

Anthologies

Weddle's short stories have appeared in the following collections. *
Terminal Damage
(2010) *
Discount Noir
(2010) *
Crime Factory: The First Shift
(2011) *
Collateral Damage
(2011) *
D*cked: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney
(2011) *
Protectors
(2012) *
Both Barrels"
(2012) *
Feeding Kate
(2012) *
Beat to a Pulp: Superhero
(2012) *

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Lockdown
(2020)

Personal life

Weddle lives with his family in Virginia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weddle, Steve Living people American male writers People from Hawaii Centenary College of Louisiana alumni Pittsburg State University alumni Louisiana State University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)