about the author
Ron Currie, Jr.
Award-Winning Author of Everything Matters! and God is Dead
Ron Currie, Jr. worked full-time as a short order cook until becoming a full-time writer in 2007 with the publication of God Is Dead. His debut story collection won the 2008 New York Public Library Young Lion’s Award, and in May 2009 Ron was presented with the Addison M. Metcalf Award for Literature by the Academy of Arts and Letters.
Two years later, Ron published his much anticipated novel, Everything Matters!, securing his place as one of the rising stars in literary fiction.
He currently lives in Waterville, Maine.
Press Links
"The Sky Is Falling Soon! (And Junior Is Agitated)"
New York Times Book Review
"Earth's Time Is Running Out"
The Washington Post
Everything Matters! Review
LA Times
"The Lightness of 'Everything,' Better Than Bearable"
NPR
"Things I Learned While Writing"
The Huffington Post
"A Doom With a View"
Time Out New York
"Apocalypse Sometime: Ron Currie Jr.'s Everything Matters!"
Village Voice
Everything Matters! Review
Bookslut.com
God is Dead Review
The Believer
Featured Book
Everything Matters!
"Startlingly talented... He survives the inevitable, apt comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut and writes in a tenderly mordant voice all his own."
—The New York Times
Speaking Topics
- Everything Matters!
- God is Dead
Testimonials
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“Ron’s visit was AMAZING—the students here really enjoyed having him, and it was a blast for me, too. It’s going to be really hard to try to top this year’s first read book.” - James Zubricky, Associate Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Toledo
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