Jess Walter

Jess Walter is a Pacific Northwest writer, the author of five novels and one nonfiction book:


--THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF THE POETS, set to be released in September, 2009.
--THE ZERO, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award, the 2007 PEN Center Literary Award and the 2007 LA Times Book Prize and winner of the 2007 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.
--CITIZEN VINCE, winner of the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel and a finalist for the ITW Thriller of the Year award.
--LAND OF THE BLIND (2003)
--OVER TUMBLED GRAVES, a 2001 New York Times notable book
--EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW (rereleased as RUBY RIDGE), a finalist for the PEN USA literary nonfiction award in 1996.

Walter's essays, journalism, short stories and criticism have been widely published. He also writes screenplays. He was the co-author of Christopher Darden’s 1996 bestseller In Contempt. His work has appeared in Details, Playboy, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe.

His books have been published in twenty languages. He lives with his wife Anne and children, Brooklyn, Ava and Alec in his childhood home of Spokane, Washington.

You can email Jess at j.walter@comcast.net