David Joy (author)

David Joy
Born (1983-12-11) December 11, 1983 (age 41)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materWestern Carolina University
Notable worksWhere All Light Tends to Go
Notable awardsEdgar Award Finalist[1]
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Website
david-joy.com

David Joy (born December 11, 1983) is an American novelist[2] and short-story writer.

Career

David Joy is the author of the Edgar Award–nominated[1] novel Where All Light Tends to Go (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015),[3] as well as the novels The Weight of This World (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017),[4] The Line That Held Us (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018),[5] and When These Mountains Burn (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020).[6] He is also the author of the memoir Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey (Bright Mountain Books, 2011),[7] which was a finalist for the Reed Environmental Writing Award and the Ragan Old North State Award.

Joy is the recipient of an artist fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council.[8] His writing has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, such as Garden & Gun, Time,[9] and The New York Times Magazine.

His novel Where All Light Tends to Go will be made into a film directed by Ben Young and starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright.[10][11]

Personal life

He lives in the Little Canada community of Jackson County, North Carolina.[12]

List of works

Novels

Nonfiction

  • Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey (2011)[7]
  • Gather At The River: Twenty-Five Authors On Fishing Eds. David Joy and Eric Rickstad (2019)[16]

Short stories

  • “Stink Bait.” Writer's Bone (March 10, 2016).[17]
  • “Burning off into Forever.” Appalachia Now: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia. Eds. Larry Smith and Charles Dodd White. Huron, OH: Bottom Dog Press, 2015. 40–46.[18]
  • “What Cannot Be Carried Alone.” Still: The Journal, Issue 18 (Spring 2015).[19]
  • “The Line That Held Us.” Pisgah Review, 7.1 (Winter 2013): 26–34.
  • “The Stars Shall Withdraw Their Shining.” Flycatcher, No. 3 (Summer/Fall 2013).[20]

Essays

  • “Song Of The Woods.” Garden & Gun (June/July 2022): 128-133.[21]
  • "Light In The Dark." Garden & Gun (Oct./Nov. 2021): 116-119.[22]
  • “Boss Hen.” Garden & Gun (Oct./Nov. 2020): 106-109.[23]
  • “Dreaming Of Monster Fish.” Garden & Gun (June/July 2019): 114–121.[24]
  • "Hunting Camp." Time (August 6, 2018).[9]
  • "At The Crossroads. The New York Times Magazine (April 8, 2018): 48–53.[25]
  • "Good Dog: Mutually Reclusive." Garden & Gun (Dec. 2017/Jan. 2018): 87–90.[26]
  • "A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps." Charlotte Magazine (November 2017): 54–59.[27]
  • "Digging In The Trash." The Bitter Southerner. 2 May 2017.[28]
  • “On Darkness." Criminal Element. 13 March 2017.[29]
  • “This Caravan Rolls On." The Quivering Pen. 6 March 2017.[30]
  • “My Privilege, Our Problem." Charlotte Magazine. 22 Sept. 2016.[31]
  • “One Place misUnderstood.” The Huffington Post (reprint). 23 June 2016.[32]
  • “One Place misUnderstood.” Writer's Bone. 21 June 2016.[33]
  • “The Last Hotdog I Ever Ate.” Charlotte Magazine (October 2015): 37–40.[34]
  • “The Man Who Carried Snakes.” The Good Men Project. 15 August 2015.[35]
  • “The Long Row.” Drafthorse Literary Journal 1.2 (Summer 2012).[36]
  • “Creatures of Fire.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.3 (Summer 2010): 44–47.[37]
  • “Sound of Silence.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.1 (Winter 2010): 42–45.[38]
  • “Native.” Smoky Mountain Living 9.4 (Summer 2009): 54–56.[39]
  • “Breaking in the Cork.” Wilderness House Literary Review 4.1 (Spring 2009): 1–9.[40]
  • “Tired and Feathered.” Bird Watcher's Digest 31.2 (Nov/Dec 2008): 80–82.

Translations

  • Là où les lumières se perdent. France: Sonatine Editions, 2016. (French; first edition)[41]
  • Le Poids du monde. France: Sonatine Editions, 2018. (French; first edition)[42]
  • Wo Alle Lichter Enden. Germany: Polar Verlag, 2019. (German; first edition)[43]
  • Ojo Por Ojo. Spain: RBA Libros, 2020. (Spanish; first edition)[44]
  • Ce Lien Entre Nous. France: Sonatine Editions, 2020. (French; first edition)[45]
  • Nos Vies En Flammes. France: Sonatine Editions, 2022. (French; first edition)[46]
  • Queste Montagne Bruciano. Italy: Jimenez, 2022.(Italian, first edition)[47]
  • Montañas En Llamas. Spain: RBA Libros, 2022. (Spanish; first edition)[48]
  • Dove Tende La Luce. Italy: Jimenez, 2023.(Italian, first edition)[49]

Awards

  • 2024 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction[50]
  • 2023 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction[51]
  • 2023 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award[52]
  • 2022 Prix Saint-Maur En Poche du Roman Étranger (Ce Lien Entre Nous)[53]
  • 2020 Dashiell Hammett Prize for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing (When These Mountains Burn)[6]
  • 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize Finalist (The Line That Held Us)[54]
  • 2019 Southern Book Prize (The Line That Held Us)[55]
  • 2018 WCSA Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing (The Weight Of This World)[56]
  • 2017 Le Prix du Balai de Bronze for Là Où Les Lumières Se Perdent (Where All Light Tends To Go)[57]
  • 2017 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist for Where All Light Tends To Go'[58]
  • 2016 Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel[1]
  • 2016 Macavity Awards Finalist for Best First Novel[59]
  • 2015 SIBA Pat Conroy Book Award Finalist, The Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize[60]
  • 2015 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Finalist[61]
  • 2012 Ragan Old North State Award Finalist[62]
  • 2012 Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist
  • 2011 Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Award Finalist[63]

Interviews

Interviews with the author.

  • Salvation South (July 27, 2023)[64]
  • Los Angeles Review of Books (September 24, 2018)[65]
  • NPR Weekend Edition with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (August 12, 2018)[66]
  • WUNC North Carolina Public Radio's "The State Of Things" with Frank Stasio (August 10, 2018)[67]
  • PANK Magazine (September 19, 2017)[68]
  • NPR Weekend Edition Sunday with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (July 23, 2017)[69]
  • The Huffington Post (March 30, 2017)[70]
  • Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought" (March 13, 2017)[71]
  • WREK 91.1 Atlanta's "North Avenue Lounge" (March 13, 2017)[72]
  • Mystery Tribune (Feb. 17, 2017)[73]
  • Nyctalopes (Sept. 26, 2016)[74]
  • Huffington Post (March 9, 2015)[75]
  • Kirkus Reviews (March 6, 2015)[76]
  • Appalachian Heritage (Feb. 6, 2015)[77]
  • Southern Literary Review (March 3, 2015)[78]
  • Watauga Democrat (Feb. 11, 2015)[79]
  • Writer's Bone (March 3, 2015)[80]
  • Entropy Magazine (March 1, 2015)[81]
  • Largehearted Boy (March 3, 2015)[82]
  • Chapter 16 (April 22, 2015)[83]
  • WUNC North Carolina Public Radio (March 11, 2015)[84]
  • Smoky Mountain News (March 3, 2015)[85]
  • Citizen Times (Feb. 28, 2015)[86]

Television appearances

  • France 5, "La Grande Librairie," (September 23, 2020)[87]
  • University of Delaware's National Agenda Series, "As We Stand Divided" (September 20, 2017)[88]
  • Alabama Public Television, "Book Mark" (March 7, 2017)[89]
  • Arizona PBS, "Books & Co." (May 21, 2015)[90]

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