Chip Cheek is the author of the bestselling novel Cape May, which received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next pick and Indies Introduce selection, and has been published in six languages. His stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Harvard Review, Washington Square, and other journals and anthologies, and he has been awarded fellowships to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Tin House Summer Workshop, and the Vermont Studio Center.
Born in Georgia and raised in Texas, Chip lived for many years in Somerville, Massachusetts, and taught fiction at GrubStreet, a literary arts nonprofit in Boston. He now lives in Redondo Beach, California, with his wife and daughter.
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