Jay Busbee (born Howard James Busbee Jr. on December 13, 1968, in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American journalist, novelist,

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and writer of comic books.

Early life and education

Busbee was raised in

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. He graduated from Riverwood High School in 1986, is a 1990 graduate of the

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's English program and a 1996 graduate of the

University of Memphis The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students. The university maintains the Herff Col ...

’s

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MFA program. He lives in Atlanta with his family.

Career

Busbee's work has appeared in

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, The Chicago Sports Review, Memphis Magazine, 64,

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, Mid-South Sports and Leisure,

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, The Memphis Flyer and many other publications. Jay Busbee is the creator and head writer for Sports Gone South. He is a contributing editor of ''Atlanta'' magazine, and also writes the monthly "Painting the Corners" column for ''ChopTalk'', the official

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magazine. He has scripted comic books published by

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and Digital Webbing. He has also written the books The Face of the River, Sundown and Bluff City. He has also

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Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business and the comic books Velvet Rope and Kade: Rising Sun. He contributed the third story of the book Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened. On February 16, 2016, Busbee published ''Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family''. He has appeared in '' The People Vs. Larry Flynt'', and continues to teach English at

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. Busbee currently edits From the Marbles, the official

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blog, and Devil Ball Golf, the official Yahoo! Sports golf blog. He also contributes to The Post Game. He is currently writing another novel called ''Run & Shoot''.http://www.runandshootbook.com Run & Shoot Book website.

References

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