Stewart O’Nan took the podium Wednesday night in Konover auditorium to discuss his string of hugely successful novels and his well-noted writing career.
“I was never trained as I writer, I just used to write in my basement when I came home from work,” O’Nan said in an interview before his talk.
Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference
June 28 – July 11
A distinctive feature of the Young Writers’ Conference, made possible by our partnership with the famous Sewanee Writers’ Conference, is the impressive lineup of major authors who visit us, give a reading, then join a selected group of interested students for dinner.
Robert Benson, Creative Nonfiction
Arlene Hutton, Playwriting
Stewart O’Nan, Fiction and Nonfiction
Wyatt Prunty, Poetry
Pictures from KGB Bar, March 18, 2009. Reading with Paul Tremblay. More photos here.
Photos from Reading at Doorn, the Netherlands.
From The St. Petersburg Times:
Stewart O’Nan has found a lot of his inspiration as a writer in “all the things my mom said weren’t good for me: comic books, Stephen King, being a Red Sox fan,” he says.
“TV and movies — love them, love them, love them. George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead really inspired me, because it’s a do-it-yourself movie.
“It’s all about gulping in stories, learning to use your imagination.”
O’Nan will be the keynote speaker Saturday night at Writers in Paradise, the annual writers conference at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg.
The Works of Stewart O'Nan 