Ron Currie, Jr. was born and raised in Waterville, Maine, where he still lives. His first book, God is Dead, was published by Viking in 2007 and has been translated into several languages. God is Dead won the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, was named a notable book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and was a finalist for the 2008 Crawford Award.
His short fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including Alaska Quarterly Review, The Sun, Ninth Letter, Swink, The Southeast Review, Glimmer Train, Willow Springs, The Cincinnati Review, Harpur Palate, and New Sudden Fiction (W.W. Norton, 2007).
God is Dead is now available in paperback. A new novel will be published by Viking in 2009.