Press Release

DZANC BOOKS TO PUBLISH GEORGE SINGLETON March 7, 2011 - Ann Arbor, MI-Dzanc Books is proud to announce that it will publish a collection of stories by George Singleton in fall 2013, entitled Stray Decorum. George Singleton has previously published four collections of stories (These People Are Us, the Half-Mammals of Dixie, Why Dogs Chase Cars, Drowning in Gruel), two novels (Novel, Work Shirts for Madmen), and a book on writing advice (Pep Talks, Warnings, and Screeds). His work has also appeared widely in magazines and anthologies, among them The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Playboy, Zoetrope, Oxford American, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Epoch, Virginia Quarterly Review, Best American Food Writing and ten editions of New Stories from the South. George, currently a teacher of creative writing at the South Caroline Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, has seen his work widely acclaimed. Recently he has seen work about his writing in Still in Print: The Southern Novel Today. Additionally, William Giraldi published "A Holy Impropriety: The Stories of George Singleton" in theGeorgia Review's Winter 2010 issue. George recently won the Hillsdale Award for Fiction from The Fellowship of Southern Writers. He lives in South Carolina and has done so since the age of seven minus a quick jaunt to graduate school. George is represented by Christina Ward of the Ward & Balkin Agency. "Having really enjoyed George's previous titles," Dan Wickett said, "we are thrilled at the opportunity to bring his latest collection of stories to the reading public. The addition of Stray Decorum to what we felt was an already strong 2013 catalogue, and to add somebody of George's stature to Dzanc's growing roster of extremely talented authors, is really exciting. His writing is one-of-a-kind and this collection will only continue to elevate his reputation as one of the funniest writers around."