Sterling Watson,

M.A. A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...

, is a fiction writer, screenwriter, and was the former director of the Writing Workshop at

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Early life and education

Watson received his Master of Arts from the University of Florida. He served as the former director of the Writing Workshop for Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Career

Watson’s first three novels are ''Weep No More My Brother'', ''The Calling'', and ''Blind Tongues''. ''Deadly Sweet'' is the first in his Eddie Priest series of novels. He’s a co-author with

Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author and screenwriter. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including '' A Drink Before the War''. Four of hi ...

of the screenplay ''Bad Blood''. His main professional interests are fiction, playwriting, screenwriting, American, British and European short and long fiction, and the theater. He was for five years the fiction editor of ''The Florida Quarterly'' and taught secondary English and later fiction writing at Raiford Prison. He has won four Florida Arts Council Grants for fiction writing. In January 2007, Watson participated in Eckerd College's third annual Writers in Paradise writing program which he co-created and co-directs with Lehane. In January 2023, he released the book ''Night Letter''.

References

External links

Watson's Eckerd College biography
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