Long Island Noir (32 page)

J
ULES
F
EIFFER
is a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and children’s book author and illustrator. He won a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award for his cartoons; two Obies for his plays; an Academy Award for the animation of his cartoon satire
Munro
; and lifetime achievement awards from the Writers Guild of America and the National Cartoonist Society. Feiffer lives in Southampton and is a visiting professor at Stony Brook Southampton.

JZ H
OLDEN
has settled in East Hampton after living in Israel, Switzerland, England, and New York City. She lives part-time with the love of her life and their two cats, a Maine Coon called Maximillian and his regal sister Sophia. Holden was a journalist for twelve years prior to devoting her heart, creativity, and passion to fiction. She holds an MFA degree in creative writing and literature from Stony Brook University and a BFA from Pratt Institute.

K
AYLIE
J
ONES
moved to Sagaponack in 1975, where her family continued to live for more than thirty years. She is the author of five novels, including
A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries
, and the memoir
Lies My Mother Never Told Me
. She teaches in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton, and in the Wilkes University low-residency MFA program in professional writing.

S
HEILA
K
OHLER
is the author of eight novels, including
Becoming Jane Eyre
and
Love Child
, and three collections of short stories. She has won the PEN/O.Henry Prize twice, the Open Voice, the Smart Family Foundation, the Willa Cather, and the
Antioch Review
awards. She was a fellow at the Cullman Center and teaches at Bennington and Princeton.
Cracks,
a film directed by Jordan and Ridley Scott and based on Kohler’s work, was released in spring 2011.

N
ICK
M
AMATAS
was born on Long Island, in Port Jefferson, and attended college at Stony Brook University. His books include the Lovecraftian Beat road novel
Move Under Ground
, and the satire
Sensation
. He has published sixty short stories in
Asimov’s Science Fiction
,
Mississippi Review
’s “postmodern pulp” issue,
Supernatural Noir
, and many other venues. Mamatas’s work has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award four times, and the International Horror Guild Award.

M
ATTHEW
M
C
G
EVNA
received his MFA in creative writing from Southampton College in 2002. His fiction has appeared in
Ozone Park Journal, Karamu, Confrontation Magazine,
and
Epiphany Magazine
. The story included in
Long Island Noir
is part of a collection based on his experience growing up in Mastic Beach. He currently lives in Center Moriches, New York, with his wife Joanne and his son Jackson.

T
IM
M
CLOUGHLIN
is the editor of
Brooklyn Noir
and its companion volumes. His debut novel
Heart of the Old Country
is the basis for the motion picture
The Narrows
, starring Vincent D’Onofrio. His books have been published in seven languages, and his writing has appeared in
New York Quarterly
, the Huffington Post, and
Best American Mystery Stories
. He lives on the western tip of Long Island.

R
ICHIE
N
ARVAEZ
received his BA and MA at Stony Brook University on “Lawn Guyland.” His work has been featured in
Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, Indian Country Noir, Mississippi Review, Murdaland, Plots with Guns, Storyglossia, A Thousand Faces,
and
You Don’t Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens.

C
HARLES
S
ALZBERG
is the author of a number of nonfiction books, including
From Set Shot to Slam Dunk
, an oral history of the NBA. His novel
Swann’s Last Song
was nominated for a Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel. The sequel,
Swann Dives In
, will be published in October 2012. He has been a visiting professor of magazine writing at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and he teaches writing at the New York Writers Workshop, where he is a founding member.

A
MANI
S
CIPIO
, a native of Bridgehampton, Long Island, wrote her first short story, “The Cain Bridge House,” for a high school competition; though the story did not win, she continued to write. Her work has appeared in numerous poetry anthologies, including
Painting Daisies Yellow
and
A Time to Be Free
.