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Josh Green

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Josh Green is an award-winning journalist, fiction author, and editor whose work has appeared widely in magazines, journals, and anthologies. GOODBYE, SWEETBERRY PARK is his second novel (and hopefully, the funniest to date). It recently won the grand prize at the 2025 Hollywood Book Festival, and the New York Book Festival award for fiction.

SECRETS OF ASH, his first novel, won the IndieReader Discovery Awards (2024) for fiction and was a runner-up at the Hollywood Book Festival, among other honors. Green was also nominated as Georgia Author of the Year for that work.

His book of short stories, DIRTYVILLE RHAPSODIES, was hailed by Men's Health as a "Best Book for the Beach" and was named a top 10 book of the year by Atlanta. He lives with ...more

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	Secrets of Ash 4.35 avg rating — 120 ratings — 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
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	Dirtyville Rhapsodies 4.18 avg rating — 22 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

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