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J. Aaron Sanders is the award-winning author of Speakers of the Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery. His short stories and essays have been published in such places as Lithub, Carolina Quarterly, Writer’s Digest, Library of America, among others. He earned an MFA at University of Utah, a PhD at University of Connecticut, and was a Professor of English at Columbus State University from 2008-2016. Since that time, Aaron has been living and working as a writer in Los Angeles.

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J. Aaron Sanders I enjoy nothing more than the smell of coffee in the morning and the sound of my fingers tapping the keys. I love the possibility in a new idea, the u…moreI enjoy nothing more than the smell of coffee in the morning and the sound of my fingers tapping the keys. I love the possibility in a new idea, the unpredictable ways it unfolds, and the momentum that kicks in as Act 1 turns into Act 2. It’s often grueling, lonely work, but it has gives me a satisfaction like almost nothing else. (less)
J. Aaron Sanders I’m hard at work on the second book in the series, The Blood of a Gentleman, which follows Whitman and his brother, Jeff, down to New Orleans where th…moreI’m hard at work on the second book in the series, The Blood of a Gentleman, which follows Whitman and his brother, Jeff, down to New Orleans where they become involved with an escaped slave, his vindictive master, and slave-trading pirates. (less)
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