Dorene O'Brien Contemporary realist fiction

Dorene O'Brien

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Author Biography

Dorene O'Brien was born and raised in Detroit where she can still be seen taking photos of the UA Theater Building on Bagley or dining at Lafayette after researching her latest story.
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Influences

Joyce Carol Oates

Ethan Canin
Stewart O'Nan
Michael Chabon

Favorite Books

The Sunlight Dialogues by John Gardner, Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut, Mating by Norman Rush, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan, Zazie dans le Metro by Raymond Queneau, Shipwreck Fever and Other Stories by Andrea Barrett, The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, Cruddy by Lynda Barry.

Favorite Authors

All of the above as well as TC Boyle, Rick Bass, Lorrie Moore, Tom Perrota, Adam Haslett, Steven Millhauser, David Foster Wallace and Christopher Tilghman.

What I'm Reading

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James and the latest issue of One Story.

Web Links

Media

Detroit Noir Lauch	Voices of the Lost and Found reading at Barnes & Noble	Interview on public radio WDET with Craig Fahle.
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Published Works


Detroit Noir	Voices of the Lost and Found
Book Details	Book Details
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Articles and Stories

Riding the Hubcap Excerpt by Dorene

Riding the Hubcap Excerpt

I Met Jesus in Rehab by Dorene

I Met Jesus in Rehab

Ovenbirds Excerpt by Dorene

Ovenbirds Excerpt

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Published Reviews

Short Stories are Dark, but Brilliant by Grand Rapids Press
Voices of the Lost and Found: Stories by Choice
Voices Tell Stories in West Bloomfield Author's First Book by Observer Newspaper
Character Variety Makes All the Difference in Voices of the Lost and Found by C & G Newspapers