Steve Heller (fiction) explained

Steve Heller is an American author. His novel The Automotive History of Lucky Kellerman was a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. His writings have earned a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and two O. Henry Awards.[1] He was the Chair, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at Antioch University Los Angeles.

Heller grew up near Yukon, Oklahoma. He has a B.A. in English, M.S. in English Education from Oklahoma State University, and M.F.A. in creative writing from Bowling Green State University. Heller began teaching as an English instructor at Ponca City High School. In 1990 he received the Kansas Literary Artists Fellowship in Fiction, and in 1996 the Kansas Governor's Arts Award.

Works

Reviews

Although criticizing the ending, The New York Times called Lucky Kellerman a "quiet and often beautiful book".[3] The Los Angeles Times described it as "mesmerizing but relentlessly grim".[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penguin Random House.
  2. Web site: What We Choose to Remember . 14 November 2009 .
  3. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DC1E3DF932A35752C1A961948260 The New York Times on Lucky Kellerman
  4. News: FICTION : THE AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY OF LUCKY KELLERMAN by Steve Heller (Chelsea Green: $9.95, paper; 272 pp.).. Roraback. Dick. Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1987. February 24, 2017.