Roy Kesey is an American

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. His books include ''Any Deadly Thing'', ''Pacazo'', ''All Over'', ''Nothing in the World'' and an historical guide to the city of Nanjing, China. His short fiction has been included in

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and such journals as ''

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The Georgia Review ''The Georgia Review'' is a literary journal based in Athens, Georgia. Founded at University of Georgia in 1947, the journal features poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, and visual art. The journal has won National Magazine Awards for Ficti ...

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The Iowa Review ''The Iowa Review'' is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. History and profile Founded in 1970, ''Iowa Review'' is issued three times a year, during the months of April, August, and December. Origi ...

''. His story "Double Fish" won the 2009 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize from ''

The Missouri Review ''The Missouri Review'' is a literary magazine founded in 1978 by the University of Missouri. It publishes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction quarterly. With its open submission policy, ''The Missouri Review'' receives 12,000 manuscrip ...

''. In addition to his work as a writer, Kesey has translated two novels by

Pola Oloixarac Paola Caracciolo, better known by her pseudonym, Pola Oloixarac, is an Argentine writer, journalist, librettist and translator. Biography Oloixarac studied philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. Since finishing her post-graduate studies ...

, ''Savage Theories'' and ''Dark Constellations''.

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Kesey's websiteinterview
in ''SmokeLong Quarterly'', August 15, 2004 Living people American male novelists Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers {{US-novelist-stub