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John Dufresne is the author of five novels, two of which were named New York Times Notable Books of the Year, two collections of short stories, and two books on writing and creativity: The Lie That Tells a Truth: a Guide to Writing Fiction and Is Life Like This?: a Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months. The New York Times Book Review wrote of his latest novel, No Regrets, Coyote: “Dufresne is an original talent. His humor is wickedly dark, but also quite dazzling, even by the exacting standards of South Florida crime fiction.” Dufresne was a 2012-13 Guggenheim Fellow and teaches in FIU’s MFA program in creative writing.

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