Novelist and short story writer Jess Walter explores fathers and sons, addiction, creating a Statistical Abstract, finding inspiration in the grocery store, and writing from a pure place of empathy.
In 2005, his Citizen Vince won the coveted Edgar prize for mystery fiction. The next year, Walter’s post-9/11 novel The Zero was a finalist for the National Book Award. Last year, his silver-screen saga Beautiful Ruins bowled over both critics and book clubs. Walter seems able to reinvent himself with each book he writes, effortlessly.