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Treats serious subjects with a sense of fun and fun subjects with the seriousness they deserve.
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I write in the naturalist/realist tradition and can claim Anne Tyler, Ethan Canin and Philip Roth as inspiration. If you like their work, you'll like mine. My latest book is What You Wish For, a contemporary family saga dealing with the issue of assisted dying. Still, it's not that dour. There are also laughs, courtroom drama, quirky characters and three non-traditional love stories.
My other books are all over the map, from Belonging, which is rural and wholesome, to Gomez, which is urban and kinky. Sorry, but there's no rules. I write what compels me and what I hope will compel you.
Please check out my published stories too. Links to several of them appear below and three others are among the six titles on this site. The prize-winning 2011 story "Liar's Dice," posted here, received this accolade with the award:
“The story does a great job of creating an atmosphere without getting bogged down in long descriptions. The world and its tensions are quickly and easily established, and the plot twists and turns kept me involved all the way to the bitter end.”
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Member, Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Winner, for his story Liar's Dice, of third place in Scratch Fiction's 2011 national contest, judged by Adam Wilson of the NYU Creative Writing Program. And more recently, his stories Grouse Ridge and Forgive Me, Father were both nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize.
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Additional Information
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Bill's story Taking Care of Business appeared in the July 2011 issue of Blue Lake Review and his story Had To ran in the Oct/Nov 2011 issue of Primal Urge Magazine. He has since had two additional stories published in Red Fez and a third in Fiction 365. Those three will be posted here as well when the magazine rights expire.
But for now, links to Red Fez and Fiction 365 appear below, so click on through and enjoy.
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Contact Information
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P.O. Box 254733
Sacramento CA 95865-4733
USA
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Contact Author: Bill Pieper
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Favorite Links
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My Other Webpage
This site, hosted by Amazon, lists all my titles, including buy buttons, as well as an expanded bio.
My Facebook Author Page
Chattier than the webpage, and more varied.
Red Fez
My story "Grouse Ridge" ran in Issue 42 (February 2012)and my story "Senior Project" ran in Issue 45 (May 2012).
Fiction 365
Here's where to read my 1,000-word story "Love on Haight," published June 2, 2012.
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