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Dave Reidy

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http://www.davereidy.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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May 2008

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Dave Reidy is the author of the short-story collection Captive Audience, which was named an Indie Next Notable Book by the American Booksellers Association. Captive Audience was published in French translation by Zanzibar Editions.

Reidy's fiction has been published by Granta, and his story "The Regular" was chosen by Charles D'Ambrosio as winner of the Emerging Writers Network Short Fiction Contest. Reidy lives in Chicago.

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Dave Reidy's Books

Average rating: 4.45 · 42 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Captive Audience 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field-Tested Books by Steve Delahoyde, Coudal Partners, Wendy McClure (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zanzibar Quarterly No. 1 by Jim Shepard (Contributor), Norbert Spehner (Contributor), Louis Skoreki (Contributor) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Regular (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34pm

Description: "The Regular" was chosen by Charles D'Ambrosio as winner of the Emerging Writers Network Short Fiction contest.

One-hit Wonder (Sports)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34pm

Description: Profile of Chuck Lindstrom for The Morning News. Lindstrom, the son of a Hall of Fame baseball player, tripled in his first major-league at-bat. He never got another one.

"Chasing Cars" (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34pm

Description: New short story on Granta.com—part of the magazine's literary exploration of Chicago. http://www.granta.com/Online-Only/Chasing-Cars

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How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance

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