Bruce Overby is an author of fiction and nonfiction with particular interest in issues of loss and belonging, family and relationships, the human condition in a technology-driven world, and addiction.
His debut novel, The Cyclone Release (2022), is a literary novel featuring a tragic accident, a grieving spouse, and a tangle of secrets, all set in a skyrocketing startup company during the late-1990s Silicon Valley tech boom. His second novel, Tristan 4 America, a political thriller set in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, is due out from Willow River Press in 2026.
Bruce’s short fiction has appeared in multiple literary magazines, in the anthology Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform, and on the Story Discovery Podcast. “Bookmarks,” the story of a brother’s struggle with alcoholism, his love of poetry, and the sometimes disturbing mix of the two, won first prize in the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition in 2007.
Bruce has also written extensively online on politics, society, and the craft of writing, as well as a steady stream of book reviews. He holds a BA in Journalism from San Diego State University, an MA in Technology from San Jose State University, and an MFA in Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. His 1996 master’s thesis at San Jose State was one of the earliest studies of computer-based social networking, and was required reading for several years in Harvard University Computer Science courses.
Bruce is a native of San Jose and the fourth in a family of nine children. He continues to live and write in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Caroline.
Book
ISBN: 978-1-956440-08-9 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-956440-09-6 (Ebook)
ASIN: B0BPDMWWGZ (Audiobook)
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