Jason gurley biography
- JASON GURLEY is the.
- I was born in Texas, and for most of my youth ricocheted between there and Alaska; in my twenties, I spent a little time in Nevada, Washington, and California.
- Jason Gurley has worked as a creative director, an art director, a copywriter and a book cover designer.
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Being an indie author is hard. First you write, then you edit and then you market - each of these have their difficulties. This series of interviews lets me, struggling author of the recently released The Life and Remembrances of Martha Toole -- pick the brains of fellow travelers. Some are huge stars, others are struggling award winners and many are inbetween.
Jason Gurley was recommended to me by Hugh Howey and he very graciously agreed to answer questions for this series.
Your bio, in addition to saying you are a fellow Portland local (hello!), says that you only started publishing last year: but, my friend, you have quite a number of publications listed to your name? Are we seeing a backlist of 'locker novels' from you or are these all original works produced in the last year?
Hello! I'm a recent Portlander -- Portlandian? -- so I'm really just beginning to meet all of the interesting writers who also live and work here.
Everything that I've published to-date -- which, as you noticed, means everything that I published in 2013 -- is a new work. That doesn't
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Jason Gurley
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United StatesWebsite
http://jasongurley.com
Genre
Fiction, Young Adult, Science Fiction
Member Since
June 2018
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Jason Gurley is the author of Awake in the World (Roaring Brook, 2019) and Eleanor (Crown, 2016), and co-author of The Edge of Sleep (St. Martin's, 2023). His short fiction appears in the anthologies Loosed Upon the World (Saga, 2015) and Help Fund My Robot Army!!! (2014). He lives and writes in Scappoose, Oregon. More at www.jasongurley.com.Jason Gurley is the author of Awake in the World (Roaring Brook, 2019) and Eleanor (Crown, 2016), and co-author of The Edge of Sleep (St. Martin's, 2023). His short fiction appears in the anthologies Loosed Upon the World (Saga, 2015) and Help Fund My Robot Army!!! (2014). He lives and writes in Scappoose, Oregon. More at www.jasongurley.com....more
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Ep. 038: Jason Gurley
Jason Gurley is the author of Greatfall, The Man Who Ended the World, and other novels and stories. His bestselling self-published novel Eleanor was acquired by Crown Publishing and reissued in 2016. His work has appeared in Lightspeed Magazine and numerous anthologies. He lives and writes in Oregon.
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