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Pollock DonaldRay Biography

American writer whose fiction has been referred to as "Hillbilly Gothic" and "Southern Ohio Gothic." His first book, a collection of his short stories titled Knockemstiff (2008), is based on his experiences growing up in Knockemstiff, Ohio. His debut novel, The Devil All the Time, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. His next novel, The Heavenly Table, was published by Doubleday on 12 July 2016. Pollock has lived his entire adult life in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he worked at the Mead Paper Mill as a laborer and truck driver until age 50, when he enrolled in the English program at Ohio State University. He is also a graduate of Ohio University-Chillicothe. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less