Received MFA from the University of Iowa Author of over thirty books in various genres, including genre fiction, poetry, and criticism Sold 100,000 with psychological thriller The Church of Dead Girls Work has been translated into twenty languages trained in journalism a reporter for the Detroit News fellowships from NEA and Guggenheim Foundation; winner of multiple Pushcart Prizes two of his novels have become movies Best Words, Best Order ranks among the finest books written about poetry story-teller par excellence