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Charles W. Harvey is a native Houstonian and a graduate of the University of Houston. He studied fiction under the guidance of Rosellen Brown and Chitra Divakaruni at U of H. In 1987, Charles was a 1st prize recipient of PEN/Discovery for Cheeseburger, which went on to be published in the Ontario Review. In 1989 Charles Harvey was awarded the Cultural Arts Council of Houston Grant for Writers and Artists. Also in 1989 he was a finalist in the MacDonald's Literary Achievement Awards. Charles has been published in Soulfires, Story Magazine SHADE, High Infidelity, The James White Review, and others. His novel The Road to Astroworld will soon be available on Amazon and other retailers soon. He is the author of the popular When Dogs Bark, Cheese ...more

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