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Owen Thomas

Biography

Owen Thomas is a life-long Alaskan living on Maui because life is too short for long winters. He has written six books: "The Lion Trees" (which has garnered over sixteen international book awards, including the American Writing Awards, the Amazon Kindle Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, the Book and Author Book of the Year, the Beverly Hills International Book Award and, most recently, a finalist in the Book Excellence Awards); "Mother Blues," (a novel of music and mystery set in post-Hurricane Harvey Texas, Finalist for the American Writing Awards and the Book Excellence Fiction Award, and collecting a Bronze in the Readers Views Reviewers’ Choice Awards); "Message in a Bullet: A Raymond Mackey Mystery," (the first in a series of detective novels, shortlisted for the Best Mystery Book of the Year by Forward INDIES Book of the Year Awards and collecting a Silver from the eLit Book Awards); "The Russian Doll: A Raymond Mackey Mystery" (the second book in that series); "Signs of Passing" (a book of interconnected short stories and novellas, and winner of fourteen book awards, including the 2014 Pacific Book Awards for Short Fiction, the Indie Reader Discovery Award, the Great Southwest Book Festival, has garnered placements at the Paris, London and Los Angeles Book Festivals and was also named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2015 by Shelf Unbound Magazine); and "This is the Dream," (a collection of stories and novellas that explore that perplexing liminal distance between who we are and what we want; Finalist for the American Writing Awards and the International Book Award in short fiction, and collecting a Bronze in the Readers Views Reviewers’ Choice Awards). Owen maintains an active fiction and photography blog on Facebook, Tumblr and on his author website at www.owenthomasliterary.com.

For the ninth consecutive year since he has been measuring his commercial success as an author, Owen has not won the Orange Prize for Fiction. Also, to great acclaim, he has not won the Man Booker Prize. Most recently, in April of 2020, Owen was not nominated for a Pulitzer.

Owen makes his home in Alaska and Maui, Hawaii. When he is not writing, Owen can be found recreating and taking photographs in the grandeur of these wonderfully picturesque locations. Some of these photos are posted on Owen’s photo blog, 1000 Words per Frame.

Where to find Owen Thomas online

Website: http://www.owenthomasliterary.com
Twitter: @OTFiction
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/owen-thomas/67/50/706
Blog: http://www.owenthomasliterary.com

Where to buy in print

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Books

Mother Blues by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 343,900. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
What if your childhood harbored a dire warning about your future? What if your life and the lives of dozens of others, including your future child, depended on you deciphering that warning before it is too late? Mother Blues is about the maternal relationships we never knew existed, the evil we never expect, and the redemption we never think possible.
This Is the Dream, a Novella by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 37,830. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
Cali Watts is struggling to come of age in a life saturated with indifference. Stealing almost worthless things isn’t helping. Neither is dreaming of the dead. "This is the Dream" is a novella. While it is available for purchase separately, "This is the Dream" is also included as the title novella in a larger work of short fiction of the same name – "This is the Dream" – by Owen Thomas.
The Number 6, a Novella by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 21,300. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
That last, mad dash for freedom isn’t on a schedule; you either recognize opportunity when it climbs aboard the bus, or you don’t. "The Number 6" is a novella. While it is here available for purchase separately, "The Number 6" is also included in a larger work of short fiction by Owen Thomas entitled "Signs of Passing."
Random Man, a Novella by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,770. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
Zoe has new job. Managing a superhero with random powers is hard enough. Decoding the secret structure of existence is going to be a real challenge. "Random Man" is a novella. While it is available for purchase separately, "Random Man" is also included in a larger work of short fiction by Owen Thomas entitled "This is the Dream."
Precipitation Likely, Chance of Sun ("The Might and the Will"), a Novella by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 28,760. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
The weather in Quinn’s life is about to change again; maybe this time he can stay out of prison. "Precipitation Likely, Chance of Sun (“The Might and the Will”)" is a novella. While it is here available for purchase separately, it is also included in a larger work of short fiction by Owen Thomas entitled "Signs of Passing."
Photophobia, a Novella by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 27,520. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
There is nothing honest about photography. Truth is but a trick of the light. A reckoning is coming to Sol Ridge Vineyards. And her name is Jac. "Photophobia" is a novella. While it is available for purchase separately, "Photophobia" is also included in a larger work of short fiction by Owen Thomas entitled "Signs of Passing."
Island Santa, a Novella by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 17,790. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
Palm trees, flip-flops, and shameless regression. It’s going to be an interesting Christmas. "Island Santa" is a novella. While it is here available for purchase separately, Island Santa is also included in a larger work of short fiction by Owen Thomas entitled "This is the Dream."
Hating George Clooney, a novella by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 27,020. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
A little envy, a little hopelessness, and all manner of things become possible. Things that should have stayed unthinkable. Robbery is the least of them. "Hating George Clooney" is a novella. While it is available for purchase separately, "Hating George Clooney" is also included in a larger work of short fiction by Owen Thomas entitled "This is the Dream."
Signs of Passing by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 200,590. Language: English. Published: September 26, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
What convinces us that we have been wrong about the world? That it is time to set down one life and pick up another? Winner of the Pacific Book Award for short fiction, "Signs of Passing" offers ten stories told from the nearside of epiphany, less a place than a state of mind in which one can hear the voice calling from beyond the veil of conscious understanding, singing of how life can be better.
The Lion Trees by
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 547,100. Language: English. Published: October 29, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
What if survival required you to unlearn who you are? How far would you fall to save yourself? By turns comedic, dramatic, and poignant, the Johns family is unraveling— sometimes happiness is a long way down. Read the book that Kirkus Reviews calls “[A] cerebral page turner…a powerful and promising debut” and that Pacific Book Reviews declares is "[W]onderful… worth every minute.” The Lion Trees.

Owen Thomas' tag cloud

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