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Steve almond biography
Steve Almond
American short-story writer, essayist, and author
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Born | October 27, 1966 (1966-10-27) (age 58) California, United States |
Occupation | Writer, teacher, novelist, essayist |
Nationality | American |
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Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966)[1] is an American short-story writer, essayist[2] and author of fifteen books, four of which are self-published.[3]
Life
Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Henry M.
Gunn High School and received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter, mostly in El Paso and at the Miami New Times.[4]
Almond lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife and three children.
Literary work
Almond's 2014 book Against Football, which documents his growing disillusionment with American football, derived from two pieces written for The New Yor