Location: United States
Member Since: March 11, 2010

Speer Morgan


Biography

Born and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Speer Morgan is the author of five books. His first novel, published in 1979, was set in Arkansas and the Indian Territory during the late 1800s. Among his other four novels, three have been set in Arkansas and Oklahoma - one in 1894, another in 1934, and another in the 1980s."The Whipping Boy" (1994)was aided by an NEA Individual Fellowship in fiction. His latest novel, "The Freshour Cylinders"(1998), won Foreword Magazine's Silver Award for the best book of the year. It also won an American Book Award in 1999. Morgan teaches in the English Department at the University of Missouri where he has edited The Missouri Review for 30 years.

Where to find Speer Morgan online

Website: http://www.missourireview.com
Twitter: Speerladdie
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Books

For Our Beloved Country    by Speer Morgan
Price: $2.99 USD. 204680 words. Published on January 11, 2012. Nonfiction.
A powerful record of seven American wars, told in the words of those who lived through them.
The God Pocket    by Speer Morgan
Price: $2.99 USD. 31030 words. Published on September 22, 2011. Fiction.
American Book Award recipient Speer Morgan offers “The Girl,” winner of Prairie Schooner’s Lawrence Foundation Prize for best story of 2000, and “The Big Bang,” winner of Shenandoah’s Goodheart Prize for best story of 2007, among others, in this impressive collection.
Belle Starr: A Novel    by Speer Morgan
Price: $2.99 USD. 102420 words. Published on May 17, 2010. Fiction.
(3.00 from 1 review)
“Belle Starr is a wonderful book, singing with the wild energy and zany humor and the sadness of the final years of the Old West. It is a tragic and triumphant story, rich with characters and scenes and events that live on the page and haunt the memory. Belle Starr is an important novel, a genuine contribution to American history.
The Assemblers    by Speer Morgan
Price: $2.99 USD. 103690 words. Published on April 3, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
An underground classic about computer fraud and murder in a small Arkansas town. A coon hunter stumbles onto a trailer full of brightly lit computer terminals and one electrocuted corpse, as schemes and scams and a seemingly superhuman computer turn a sleepy southern town into a high-tech hotbed. “A joy and an education for the discriminating lover of the well-plotted thriller" Kansas City Star
Frog Gig and Other Stories    by Speer Morgan
Price: $1.99 USD. 33570 words. Published on March 15, 2010. Fiction.
Morgan's last three publications have won awards. His novel The Freshour Cylinders won the American Book Award and his last two short stories have won the “best of the year” awards at Prairie Schooner and Shenandoah. This is his first collection of stories.
The Whipping Boy    by Speer Morgan
Price: $2.99 USD. 115710 words. Published on March 12, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
With The Whipping Boy, Speer Morgan delivers a rollicking page-turner. I read it once with a fierce compulsion to find out what would happen, a second time for the pleasure of the language and craft. --Wally Lamb
The Freshour Cylinders    by Speer Morgan
Price: $2.99 USD. 109360 words. Published on March 11, 2010. Fiction.
Winner of the American Book Award. In this literary mystery, Speer Morgan takes us back to the events surrounding the discovery and destruction of the Spiro Mound, the most significant pre-Columbian temple mound ever found in North America. Weaving history with the compelling story of murder, broken hearts, and greed, Morgan gives us an engrossing, sexy, and suspenseful read.

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