Chris Bachelder is an American

United States

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 writer

Writer

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, e-book

E-book

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 pioneer and frequent contributor to the publications McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

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and The Believer

The Believer (magazine)

The Believer is a United States literary magazine that also covers other arts and general culture. Founded and designed in 2003 by the writer and publisher Dave Eggers, it is edited by Vendela Vida, Heidi Julavits and Ed Park...

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Born in Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, he grew up in Christiansburg

Christiansburg, Virginia

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, Virginia

Virginia

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. He attended Virginia Tech (BA

Bachelor of Arts

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, 1992) and the University of Florida

University of Florida

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 at Gainesville

Gainesville, Florida

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 (MFA

Master of Fine Arts

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, 2002).

Bachelder has taught fiction writing and literature courses at Colorado College

Colorado College

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 (Assistant Professor), North Carolina Governor's School West and New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University

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 (Visiting Professor). He currently teaches fiction workshops at the MFA Program for Poets & Writers

MFA Program for Poets & Writers

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 at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, along with Sabina Murray

Sabina Murray

Sabina Murray is an award-winning Filipina American screenwriter, and a novelist currently a Professor in the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst.-Background and career:...

, Noy Holland

Noy Holland

Noy Holland is an American writer and National Book Award nominee. She is married to the writer Sam Michel.-Literature-related:...

 and Anthony Giardina

Anthony Giardina

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Bachelder's e-book, Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography, was McSweeney's

McSweeney's

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first career-development e-book. By 2004, more than 45,000 people had downloaded the novel.

External links

• Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography
• Chris Bachelder on NPR
• Review of Bear v. Shark in The New York Times
• Bachelder Interview at Bookslut
• Review at The Village Voice
• Bachelder on Upton Sinclair (in Mother Jones)
• Review in The San Francisco Chronicle
• Bachelder Interview at OxMag, May 2007
• Bachelder reads in Bosphorus Art Project Quarterly