Frederick Barthelme Biography and latest books by Frederick Barthelme

Frederick Barthelme is an American writer, professor, and editor. His writings include Rangoon, Moon Deluxe, Chroma, The Law of Averages: New & Selected Stories, War and War, Second Marriage, Tracer, Two against One, Natural Selection, The Brothers, Painted Desert, Bob the Gambler, Elroy Nights, Double Down (co-authored with Steven Barthelme) and Waveland. He has been the Director of the Center for Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi and Editor of the Mississippi Review. He is the current editor of the Blip Magazine.

Frederick Barthelme was born in Houston in Texas. His father, Donald Barthelme, Senior was a famous and prominent architect from Houston and he encouraged his sons to get into the literary world. His book titled Double Down written with his brother Steven Barthelme is an account of the entire family’s literary pursuits. His other two brothers, Donald and Peter became writers too. He received an M.A in Creative Writing from The Johns Hopkins University. He is synonymous with k-mart realism or dirty realism genre of literature.