Steve Weddle is an American author, best known for his book "Country Hardball," which the New York Times called "downright dazzling.
[1]" He is the co-founder (with Jay Stringer) of the crime fiction collective Do Some Damage, the co-creator (with John Hornor Jacobs) of the noir magazine Needle, and a regular instructor at LitReactor.
[3] Weddle said that he began writing fiction because he was a "terrible student[4]" and cites Raymond Carver and Ernest Hemingway among his influences.
[6] His short story "Cyborg Lesbian Vampire Assassins" appeared in the anthology "Both Barrels," published by Shotgun Honey.
[7] Weddle's stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies and his Roy Alison novel "Country Hardball" was published by Tyrus Books in 2013.