Joe Meno



Joe Meno

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gender male
place of birth United States

about this author

Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright that lives in Chicago. A winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award and the Society of Midland Author's Fiction Prize, he is the author of four novels, The Boy Detective Fails (Akashic 2006), Hairstyles of the Damned (Akashic 2004), Tender as Hellfire (St. Martin's 1999), and How the Hula Girl Sings (HarperCollins 2001). His short story collection is Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir (TriQuarterly 2005). His online serial, "The Secret Hand", ran through Playboy magazine at playboy.com. His short fiction has been published in the likes of McSweeney's, Witness, TriQuarterly, Mid-American Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Washington Square, Other Voices, Gulf Coast, and broadcast on NPR. ...more

books by Joe Meno

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avg rating: 3.66 | 1319 ratings | 10 distinct works
Hairstyles of the Damned Hairstyles of the Damned (Paperback)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.58 — 701 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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The Boy Detective Fails The Boy Detective Fails (Punk Planet Books)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.82 — 402 ratings — published 2006
2 editions
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How the Hula Girl Sings How the Hula Girl Sings (Paperback)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.52 — 95 ratings — published 2005
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Tender As Hellfire Tender As Hellfire (Paperback)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.64 — 56 ratings — published 2007
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Bluebirds Used to Croon in the... Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir: Stories (Triquarterly)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 4.00 — 20 ratings — published 2007
2 editions
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FMagazine Story, the Stranger ... FMagazine Story, the Stranger Within (Paperback)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2007
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Demons in the Spring Demons in the Spring (Unknown Binding)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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BrickJournal Compendium Volume... BrickJournal Compendium Volume 1 (Paperback)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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BrickJournal Compendium Volume... BrickJournal Compendium Volume 2 (Paperback)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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BrickJournal Compendium Volume... BrickJournal Compendium Volume 3 (Paperback)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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quotes by Joe Meno

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"What I've learned is that there is nothing in this life that does not fail to disappoint us, even our own deaths."
Joe Meno (The Boy Detective Fails (Punk Planet Books))
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"The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict."
Joe Meno (The Boy Detective Fails (Punk Planet Books))
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