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Christopher Meeks
Short Fiction Writer and Novelist

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LAUNCH PARTY AT VROMAN'S SRO

Christopher Meeks read from his book, "Love At Absolute Zero"

Sep.30.2011

LAUNCH PARTY AT VROMAN'S SRO

Mixing the old ways of publishing with the new, author Christopher Meeks signed his second novel, Love At Absolute Zero, on September 29th at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena. At the same time, the novel is available as an eBook, 99 cents.

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Kindle and Nook available now; print available September 17

PUBLISHED: Sep.17.2011

Love At Absolute Zero

Love at Absolute Zero is a comic romance about Gunnar Gunderson, a 32-year-old star physicist at the University of Wisconsin. The moment he's given tenure at the university, he can think of only one thing: finding a wife. His research falters into what happens to matter near absolute zero (−459.67 °F), but he has an instant new plan. Channeling his inner salmon, he's determined to...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.07.2009

The Brightest Moon of the Century

In Christopher Meeks's new book, The Brightest Moon of the Century, Edward, a young Minnesotan, is blessed with an abundance of "experience"--first when his mother dies and next when his father, an encyclopedia salesman, shoehorns Edward into a private boys school where he's tortured and groomed. Edward needs a place in the universe, but he wants an understanding of women...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.13.2008

Months and Seasons

Months and Seasons is the follow-up story collection to Christopher Meeks's award-winning The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea. With a combination of main characters from young to old and with drama and humor, the tales pursue such people as a supermodel who awakens after open-heart surgery, a famous playwright who faces a firestorm consuming the landscape, a reluctant man who attends a...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2006

Who Lives? (A Play)

A drama that's in line with Reginald Rose's "12 Angry Men," this play is inspired by a true event and has a group of people who need to decide who lives. In the early 1960s, an anonymous committee of ordinary citizens in Seattle had to select people for an experiment that might save their lives. The newly perfected kidney dialysis machine might save a small number of...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.01.2006

The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea

Love, death, humor, and the glue called family are the elements of this sometimes intense, often funny collection of short stories. As novelist David Scott Milton explains, "In this collection, Christopher Meeks examines the small heartbreaks of quiet despair that are so much a part of all our lives. He does it in language that is resonant, poetic, and precise.... If you like...

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Christopher's Latest Blogs

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May.12.2012 - 11:20 am

FINALIST IN FOREWORD’S BOOK OF THE YEAR COMBINES PHYSICS AND LOVE IN AN UNUSUAL ROMANCE

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I'm surprised, I'm delighted, and I don't know how else to explain this, so I'm giving you the press release: Los Angeles, May 12, 2012 Call him as focused as his physicist. Deep...

May.05.2012 - 8:57 am

A SCREAM FOR THE SUPERMOON

Edvard's Munch's "The Scream" sold for $120 million recently

I awoke this morning to NPR’s Scott Simon offering a scream—and saying that one of four versions of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” sold for $120 million on Wednesday in a Sotheby’s...

Apr.29.2012 - 5:03 pm

“WE ARE ALIVE”: THE IMAGO I CALL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

I saw Bruce Springsteen and his larger-than-ever E Street Band on Friday, and to say it was a religious experience is not much of an exaggeration. His concerts over the...

Apr.25.2012 - 9:29 am

THE TRUTH IN LYING: HONEST, PASSIONATE FICTION

The U.S. government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics show that in 2010, there were 145,900 writers and authors in America, and that the median income was $55,420 per year, or almost $...

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May.22.2012 - 8:20 am

In response to: Self-Publishing: Carpeing the Diem, or Wasting Time?

Four Sisters, All Queens

I'm glad you revived this thread, Katherine, and it made me realize that Sherry's novel Four Sisters, All Queens just...

May.13.2012 - 9:31 am

In response to: FINALIST IN FOREWORD’S BOOK OF THE YEAR COMBINES PHYSICS AND LOVE IN AN UNUSUAL ROMANCE

Thank you, Virginia, and

Thank you, Virginia, and thank you, too, for your review, one of the earliest. Your enthusiasm for the book made me...

Apr.25.2012 - 9:05 pm

In response to: THE TRUTH IN LYING: HONEST, PASSIONATE FICTION

Feel free to add a comment...

...and if you're a fiction writer, how do you stay as passionate as a focused musician?

Mar.12.2012 - 12:02 pm

In response to: SUCCESS, AWP, AND A GROWING HUGE PROBLEM

To Barbara

Thanks for responding. Indeed, these are issues for today's writers, and of the 10,000 attending AWP, surely these are...

Feb.19.2012 - 10:54 pm

In response to: Long May You Run

Bravo!

It was a hard week--and you wrote about it elegantly. I send you an electronic hug. It's one of these buttons & * 9...

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Short Story: "The Nantant Poet" (a story)

Article: One Writer's Process: Christopher Meeks

Article: On Lorrie Moore's Profound Humor

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Feb.29.2012

Love At Absolute Zero

Published by Miraculous!

Love At Absolute Zero is the story of Gunnar Gunderson, a 32-year-old physicist at the University of Wisconsin. The moment he's given tenure at the university, he can only think...

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Video: Excerpt from "Dracula Slinks Into the Night"

Video: The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea: Truths About Manhood

Video: Months and Seasons: Wonderfully Human Stories

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Caught me by surprise: LOVE AT ABSOLUTE ZERO is in the running for Book of the Year. http://t.co/szyP1ErS #books #l#ebooks #Kindle #Nook — 1 day 9 hours ago

About Christopher

Christopher Meeks writes short fiction and novels. His book of short stories, The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea earned great reviews including the Los Angeles Times ("poignant and wise") and a blurb in Entertainment Weekly that said, "A...

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