Mark Jude Poirier is an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. He grew up in

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, the fifth child in a family of eleven children. He lives in

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with his partner, Edward Cahill.

Career

He wrote the novels '' Modern Ranch Living'' and ''

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'' as well as the short story collections '' Unsung Heroes of American Industry'' and '' Naked Pueblo''. He served as the editor of the book '' The Worst Years of Your Life: Stories for the Geeked-Out, Angst-Ridden, Lust-Addled, and Deeply Misunderstood Adolescent in All of Us'', including short pieces by

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, A. M. Homes and Nathan Englander. In 2015, Scribner published ''Intro to Alien Invasion'', a satirical graphic novel he co-wrote with Owen King. At one time, Poirier was named "the young American writer to watch" by the

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. He has been the recipient of a Maytag Fellowship and a

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Fellowship. He is currently working as a screenwriter and is the author of '' Smart People'' and the adaptation of his novel ''

''. In 2014, IFC released '' Hateship Loveship'' an adaptation of an

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story. He was awarded a Chesterfield Screenwriting Fellowship with

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. In 2018, Poirier received a

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for his story "Mentor," which was originally published in ''Crazyhorse'', and an

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for
How We Eat
" which originally appeared in ''Epoch''. His stories have appeared in ''Tin House'', ''BOMB'', ''The Southern Review'', ''Subtropics'', and many other literary magazines and anthologies. He is a graduate of the

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, the Writing Seminars at

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, and

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. He taught at

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and

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. For five years he was the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English at

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where he taught creative writing.

Screenplays

*'' Hateship, Loveship'' (2013) *''

'' (2012) *'' Smart People'' (2008)

Novels

*'' Modern Ranch Living'' (2004) *''

'' (2000)

Short story collections

*'' Unsung Heroes of American Industry'' (2003) *'' Naked Pueblo'' (1998)

References

External links

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