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James Carlos Blake (born May 26, 1947) is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories, and essays. His work has received extensive critical favor and several notable awards. He has been called “one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life” [1] as well as “one of the most original writers in America today and … certainly one of the bravest.” [2] He is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.
James Carlos Blake was born in Mexico and raised in Texas. He writes novels about violent men living in violent times. Among his literary honors are the Quarterly West Novella Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Chatauqua South Book Award, and the Southwest Book Award. He has lived in El Paso, Texas, and DeLand, Florida and now currently resides in southeast Arizona.
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