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CHARLIE J. STEPHENS
CHARLIE J. STEPHENS is a queer, non-binary, mixed-race writer from the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Salem, Oregon, Charlie has lived all over the US working as a bike messenger, wilderness guide, high school English teacher, and seasonal shark diver (for educational purposes only). Always encouraged by their grandma and mom to write stories, putting pen to paper has long been a part of their life. Currently living in Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast, they are the owner of Sea Wolf Books & Community Writing Center. Charlie’s short fiction has appeared in Electric Literature, Best Small Fictions 2020, New World Writing, Original Plumbing, and elsewhere.
BEHIND THE BOOK
An interview with Charlie J. Stephens about the making of A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest (COMING SOON!).
BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
A WOUNDED DEER LEAPS HIGHEST
A Novel
In 1980’s Oregon, Smokey is figuring out how to survive childhood with a young mom who is increasingly desperate in her search for love. As their mother's boyfriends come and go, Smokey aches for the comfort and safety their mother can never quite provide. When a dangerous new man moves into the house, Smokey seeks refuge in the nearby forests—finding comfort as they give themselves over to the strength and beauty of the natural world.
"A pulsing novel filled with so much love and tenderness."
—MORGAN TALTY, national bestselling author of Night of the Living Rez
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