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J. R. Angelella (Joseph Ross Angelella) is the author of Zombie, a literary novel forthcoming from Soho Press (June 5, 2012), as well as a Southern Gothic supernatural YA series co-written with his wife, Kate Angelella, forthcoming from Sourcebooks/Teen Fire in 2013.

His short fiction has appeared in Boston Literary Magazine, Flash Magazine, Word Riot, Twelve Stories, The Literary Review, Hunger Mountain, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Houston Literary Review, and Sou’wester. His journalism and criticism have appeared in Ithaca Times, New Pages and The Chapbook Review.

He holds a BA in English from Ithaca College and an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College. He teaches creative writing at...more


There are three basic, self-assigned, writer phases that have pre-dated the fourth phase I am entering now: 1) Dream; 2) Write & Dream; 3) Just Write; and 4) Published Author. For the longest time, I was stuck in Phase 1.


PHASE 1. I would dream the dream: writing and publishing and all done with such ease and wild acclaim and raging talent to spare. This did not happen. More than it not happ...

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Average rating: 3.32 · 38 ratings · 30 reviews · 1 distinct work
Zombie
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" When I cracked this book open I had zero expectations. This is one of the things I love about advanced copies! One might think this book was about, well, zombies. Don't be so hasty! This story following a catholic high school kid puts a zombie fil... "
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