Scott Gould explores racism, homophobia, love, and revenge in new Southern novel, The Hammerhead Chronicles

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In today’s episode 360, we feature critically acclaimed Southern storyteller, Scott Gould, and his latest novel, The Hammerhead Chronicles. The novel is a 2023 winner of the Eric Hoffer Award, with the team saying that The Hammerhead Chronicles “draws us ever closer to grief, loss, and the ways we get each other wrong, transmitting instead into the gold of family, friendship, and community.”

Show discussion highlights:

  • Growing up in South Carolina and how that heavily influences Scott’s writing
  • How teaching influences Scott’s creative process
  • Inspiration for the novel title, The Hammerhead Chronicles
  • Writing from the perspective of multiple characters
  • Turning life experiences into stories
  • How Scott wrote from the perspective of a dead person, or “The Great Beyond”
  • Writing advice on how to create time for your writing
  • A reading that showcases one of the novels funniest, and most interesting characters, bartender LeJune

Brief author bio:

Scott Gould was born, raised, and still lives in South Carolina. The Hammerhead Chronicles is his fourth book. He is a two-time winner of the S.C. Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship in Prose and the S.C. Academy of Authors Fiction Fellowship. Other honors include the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books, an Independent Press Award, an IPPY Award for Southern fiction and the Larry Brown Short Story Award. Gould teaches creative writing at the S.C. Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities. He is always pulling for the Braves.

Learn more about the author and their books HERE.

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