Stephen Amidon

Martin Kich (Wright State University)
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A native of Chicago, born there in 1959, and a graduate of Wake Forest University, Stephen Amidon has lived for some time as an expatriate in the United Kingdom. He has written book and film reviews, as well as cultural commentary, for the

Financial Times

, the

Guardian

, the

Literary Review

, the

New York Times

, the

Observer

, and the

Sunday Times

. Although Amidon had previously written three novels and three collections of short stories, his work did not receive a great deal of critical notice until the publication of his third novel,

The New City

(Doubleday, 2000). His work has been recognized with a Bursary award from the Arts Council of Great Britain.

Amidon's novels include Splitting the Atom (Bloomsbury, 1991), Thirst (Bloomsbury, 1992), The Primitive (Gollancz, 1995), The New City

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Citation: Kich, Martin. "Stephen Amidon". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 April 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12086, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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