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Will Overby

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Born

in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, The United States

July 23, 1966

Website

http://www.willoverby.com

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Thrillers, Horror, Children's Books

Influences

Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, William Faulkner

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December 2011

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https://www.goodreads.com/will1966

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Award-winning author and sometime banker Will Overby has spent thirty years in the boardrooms and glass offices of retail banking. Between dodging mergers and drafting policies he publishes novels.

He lives along the Ohio River in western Kentucky where mysteries still abound and the tradition of storytelling is as strong as ever.

A graduate of Indiana University, Will is an avid Hoosiers football fan.

Connect with him on his website, willoverby.com, on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter (@Will_Overby).

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Average rating: 3.74 · 163 ratings · 29 reviews · 23 distinct works

	The Island 3.41 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Killing Vision 3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Shadow 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drum 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Movie House Mystery by Will Overby (Goodreads Author), Cindy Loy Crider (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Treasure of Kilimanjaro (Brock Ford Adventures, #1) by Will Overby (Goodreads Author), Brian Bowes (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Zach Ziegler's So-Called Middle School Life 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River of Gold (Brock Ford Adventures, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mummy's Tomb by Will Overby (Goodreads Author), Brian Bowes (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Summer 2015 Update

I know it’s been a while since I posted any updates, and I apologize. Life has a way of stepping in sometimes and showing you who’s boss.

I’m in the middle of a writing workshop right now, this one on building a career, and I’ve just been accepted into a Publishing Master Class workshop that will be held in Oregon in October. Really excited about that one, as it will be taught by Dean Wesley Smith

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Quick: Stories (Michigan Literary Fiction Awards)

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Will Overby wants to read Whitman's Men: Walt Whitman's Calamus Poems celebrated by contemporary photographers by David Groff	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Will Overby made a comment on Justin Tate’s review of Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula " Thanks for this review. This has been on my reading list for a long time, and now I'm glad I never got around to it. ...more "
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These are beautiful stories. Each can be enjoyed on its own or together as a wonderful, intertwining mosaic. Mr. McNally taught me more about writing in his short tenure at Murray State University than any instructor before or after. And his writing ...more
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Will Overby rated a book it was amazing Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Will Overby rated a book really liked it Last Summer by Evan Hunter	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Horrible, self-absorbed upper class teens do horrible things. However, I love this book. This is my second time through it and it’s still as fascinating as it was the first time. But if you’re looking for a light, breezy coming-of-age novel, this is ...more
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It took me months to plow through this, and it was a chore. While the writing in spots is beautiful (hence the two star rating), the story and incidents are so frenetic and repetitive that it was just exhausting to finish. I’m glad I read it, but I n ...more
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Will Overby rated a book it was ok Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Samuel Johnson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Will’s Quotes

“Remember to have a little faith. When you die, I believe, God isn't going to ask you what you published. God's going to ask you what you wrote.”
― T.M. McNally

tags: inspirational, writing

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“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”
― Walt Whitman

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“Next to music, beer was best.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

tags: drinking, music

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“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
― William Faulkner

tags: advocacy, dissent, protest, truth, truth-telling

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