BRIAN CASTLEBERRY

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​Nine Shiny Objects, Brian Castleberry's first novel (Custom House, 2020), was a NYT Editor's Choice, an Indie Next Selection, was long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and won the Library of Virginia Book Award in Fiction. It spans from the beginnings of the Cold War to the late 1980s, and focuses on the generational strife between  utopian dreamers and the forces of violent reaction. From the 1947 UFO sightings in the Cascades through the dark underbelly of rock 'n' roll, the book follows a wide cast of characters all seeking some kind of meaning in a nation often defined by its chaos.

His second novel, Dream of Fire, is centered on the lives of a controversial painter, her silent-film director grandfather, and a pot-addled thief escaping from a burning California town. A novel about art, family, and climate catastrophe, it will be out from Mariner Books in 2023.


Brian Castleberry's work has appeared in Narrative, Southern Review, Meridian, Day One, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at the College of William & Mary, where he directs the Hayes Writers Series.

Publications


Short Fiction

"In Order To Be Good Hosts" - The Southern Review
"All The Way From Denver" - Day One
"It Is Better To Be Remembered" - Narrative
"Interloping" - Barnstorm
"The Painter's Wife" and "Darkness, Oklahoma City" - 100 word story
"I Walked With A Zombie" - The Evil One (Anthology, Makeout Creek)


Nonfiction

"On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and the Manic" and "Nicola Barker is Our Great Post-Punk Novelist" - both in LitHub
"How I Write"
 (paired w/ story) - NANO Fiction


​Editorial

Richmond Noir - (Anthology, Akashic Books)

Contact
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Representation:
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Chad Luibl, Janklow & Nesbit Associates
cluibl@janklow.com

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