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Travis Mulhauser

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Travis Mulhauser was born and raised in Northern Michigan. His novel, The Trouble Up North (Grand Central/Hatchette), received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly, was an Amazon Editor's Choice Pick, and was an Apple Audio Must Listen selection. His novel, Sweetgirl (Ecco/Harper Collins) was long-listed for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, was a Michigan Notable Book Award winner, an Indie Next Pick, and was named one of Ploughshares Best Books of the New Year.
Travis is the author of Greetings from Cutler County: A Novella and Stories, and received his MFA in Fiction from UNC-Greensboro. He is also a proud graduate of North Central Michigan College and Central Michigan University. He lives currently in Durham, North Carolina
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Hey Stephen- (1) Yes, always working! Can't reveal details yet but the new one is also set in Cutler County...
(2) Lewis Nordan who wrote Wolf Whistle which I've got a review posted for here is my all-time favorite. In addition to some authors listed on my profile, Tom Drury and Vonnegut, I would also add Hemingway and mention Bonnie Jo Campbell, and the late great Jim Harrison as writers who I admire and who write so well about the Michigan and the Midwest (less)
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My First Fiction Teacher

*this is one of my favorite promotional essays for the book--written for The Quivering Pen

On the day of my high school graduation I sat on the curb outside my mom’s house, chain-smoking cigarettes and waiting for the school to call and tell me if I could walk that night and get my diploma. I can’t remember what class, specifically, was in question, but I was facing the horrifying prospect of summ Read more of this blog post »
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“you would be surprised by the things you can walk through when it is necessary to keep walking.”
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“People will reveal themselves to you, Percy,” he said. “In single moments they will show you what they are, and Krebs is exactly the coward I have always suspected.”
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“People will reveal themselves to you. In single moments they show you what they are.”
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