Steven Carter (novelist)
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Steven Carter is an American author of short stories and two novels.
, Tin House
, Northwest Review, and Mississippi Review, among others. His first novel, I Was Howard Hughes, was published in 2003 by Bloomsbury Press. His second novel, Famous Writers School, based on the actual scam school for writers
, was published by Counterpoint Press in 2006.
describes Carter as having "a terrific ear for the rumblings of the human ego and an intuitive sense of how fiction is often substituted for truth—and vice versa," though the characters are "lightly sketched".
. He is also a graduate of the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. He currently teaches at Georgetown College.
Writing career
Carter's short stories have appeared in Antioch ReviewAntioch Review
The Antioch Review is an American literary magazine established in 1941 at Antioch College in Ohio. One of the oldest continuously published literary magazines in the United States, it publishes fiction, essays and poetry from both emerging and established authors.The magazine continues to publish...
, Tin House
Tin House
Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance...
, Northwest Review, and Mississippi Review, among others. His first novel, I Was Howard Hughes, was published in 2003 by Bloomsbury Press. His second novel, Famous Writers School, based on the actual scam school for writers
Famous Writers School
The Famous Writers School was an educational institution that ran a correspondence course for writers in the 1960s and 1970s. Founded in 1961 by Bennett Cerf, Gordon Carroll and Albert Dorne, it became the subject of a scandal after a 1970 exposé by Jessica Mitford, who noted the school's...
, was published by Counterpoint Press in 2006.
Critical Response
In its review on Famous Writers School, Publishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
describes Carter as having "a terrific ear for the rumblings of the human ego and an intuitive sense of how fiction is often substituted for truth—and vice versa," though the characters are "lightly sketched".
Personal life
Carter attended Hiwassee Junior College and Tusculum CollegeTusculum College
Tusculum College is a coeducational private college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church , with its main campus in Tusculum, Tennessee, United States, a suburb of Greeneville...
. He is also a graduate of the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. He currently teaches at Georgetown College.