Dave Reidy

Biography:

DAVE REIDY is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary storyteller. Dave’s short-story collection Captive Audience was named an Indie Next Notable Book by the American Booksellers Association. His novel The Voiceover Artist was named Top Fall Indie Fiction by Library Journal and long-listed for the Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Award for Fiction. Chicago magazine and Newcity included The Voiceover Artist among their best new books by Chicago authors. In 2016, The Voiceover Artist was added to the Chicago Public Library’s Special Collections and Preservation Division. Dave’s non-fiction has appeared in South Side Weekly and Belt magazine. His writing on housing discrimination in Chicago was named a finalist in the Chicago Headline Club’s 45th Annual Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism. Dave holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Florida and a BA in American Studies and Spanish from the University of Notre Dame.