David Joy (author)

{{Short description|American novelist}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = David Joy | image = DavidJoy.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|12|11}} | birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | occupation = Novelist | education = Bachelor of Arts | alma_mater = Western Carolina University | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''Where All Light Tends to Go'' | awards = Edgar Award Finalist<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/5303-2016-edgar-award-winners|title=2016 Edgar Award Winners|first=Oline H.|last=Cogdill|work=mysteryscenemag.com}}</ref> | spouse = | children = | signature = DavidJoy(author)Signature.jpg | website = {{URL|david-joy.com}} }}

'''David Joy''' (born December 11, 1983) is an American fiction writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/226887/david-joy|title=David Joy - Penguin Random House|work=penguinrandomhouse.com}}</ref> widely known for his short stories and novels exploring themes of nature, addiction, and the human condition &mdash; inspired by North Carolina, his home-state.<ref name="home">{{cite web |title = David Joy discusses writing, sobriety, and the necessity of speaking up in difficult times |publisher = Plateau Magazine |author = Marianne Leek |date = August 2, 2025 |url = https://theplateaumag.com/finding-joy}}</ref> ''Plateau Magazine'' described Joy as a master at "creating a sense of place."<ref name="home"/>

His writing has been featured in periodicals including ''Garden & Gun'', ''Time'',<ref name="Time">{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5349472/david-joy-hunting-camp/|title = Memories from the South: Hunting Camp| date=26 July 2018 }}</ref> and ''The New York Times Magazine''.<ref name="home"/>

Raised in Moore’s Chapel, North Carolina, near Charlotte, Joy graduated from Western Carolina University where he studied with poet and fiction writer, Ron Rash.<ref name="home"/> He lives in the ''Little Canada'' community of Jackson County, North Carolina.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoyAuthor/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Career== David Joy authored the Edgar Award–nominated<ref name="auto"/> novel ''Where All Light Tends to Go'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015),<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317265/where-all-light-tends-to-go-by-david-joy/|title=Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy - PenguinRandomHouse.com|work=penguinrandomhouse.com}}</ref> as well as the novels ''The Weight of This World'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317459/the-weight-of-this-world-by-david-joy/|title=The Weight of This World by David Joy - PenguinRandomHouse.com|work=penguinrandomhouse.com}}</ref> ''The Line That Held Us'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://david-joy.com/books |title=David Joy &#124; Books |access-date=2017-12-07 |archive-date=2017-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003356/http://david-joy.com/books |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''When These Mountains Burn'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020).<ref name="penguinrandomhouse.com">{{cite web| url = https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576766/when-these-mountains-burn-by-david-joy/| title = When These Mountains Burn by David Joy: 9780525536888 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books}}</ref>

He is also the author of the memoir ''Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey'' (Bright Mountain Books, 2011),<ref name="Growing Gills">{{cite web|url=http://www.blairpub.com/alltitles/growinggills/|title=Growing Gills|work=blairpub.com|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012080651/http://www.blairpub.com/alltitles/growinggills/|archive-date=2016-10-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> which was a finalist for the Reed Environmental Writing Award and the Ragan Old North State Award. Joy received an artist fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ncarts.org/record_details.php?id=12056&type=art|title=Welcome to the Arts in North Carolina!|first=Zencos Consulting|last=LLC|work=ncarts.org|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-date=2022-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812234414/https://search.ncarts.org/record_details.php?id=12056&type=art|url-status=dead}}</ref>

His novel ''Where All Light Tends to Go'' has been optioned for a film directed by Ben Young and starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright.<ref>{{cite web|last=Welk|first=Brian|title= Robin Wright and Billy Bob Thornton to Star in Thriller 'Where All Light Tends to Go'|date=September 2, 2021|website=TheWrap|url= https://www.thewrap.com/robin-wright-billy-bob-thornton-where-all-light-tends-to-go/|accessdate=February 4, 2022}}</ref><ref name=variety>{{cite magazine|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|title=Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright to Star in 'Where All Light Tends to Go,' Bankside to Sell (EXCLUSIVE)|date=September 2, 2021|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/billy-bob-thornton-robin-wright-where-all-light-tends-to-go-1235054660/|accessdate=February 4, 2022}}</ref> The film was released to streaming in 2023, as'' Devil's Peak''.<ref name="home"/>

==List of works==

===Novels=== * ''Where All Light Tends to Go'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015)<ref name="auto1"/> * ''The Weight of This World'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317459/the-weight-of-this-world-by-david-joy/9780399173110|title=The Weight of This World by David Joy - PenguinRandomHouse.com|work=penguinrandomhouse.com}}</ref> * ''The Line That Held Us'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018)<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://david-joy.com/TheLineThatHeldUs.html|title=The Line That Held Us|work=david-joy.com|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-date=2016-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012083410/http://david-joy.com/TheLineThatHeldUs.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''When These Mountains Burn'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020)<ref name="penguinrandomhouse.com"/> * ''Those We Thought We Knew'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2023)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web | title=Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy: 9780525536932 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books | url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576769/those-we-thought-we-knew-by-david-joy/ | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=www.penguinrandomhouse.com}}</ref>

===Nonfiction=== * ''Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey'' (2011)<ref name="Growing Gills"/> * ''Gather At The River: Twenty-Five Authors On Fishing'' Eds. David Joy and Eric Rickstad (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hubcity.org/press/catalog/nonfiction/gather-at-the-river/ |title=Hub City Press &#124; Hub City Writers Project |access-date=2018-12-12 |archive-date=2018-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223447/https://hubcity.org/press/catalog/nonfiction/gather-at-the-river/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Short stories=== * “Stink Bait.” ''Writer's Bone'' (March 10, 2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writersbone.com/fiction-blog/2016/3/10/stinkbait|title='Stink Bait'|work=writersbone.com|date=10 March 2016 }}</ref> * “Burning off into Forever.” ''Appalachia Now: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia''. Eds. Larry Smith and Charles Dodd White. Huron, OH: Bottom Dog Press, 2015. 40–46.<ref>{{cite book|title=Appalachia Now: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia|first1=Chris|last1=Offutt|first2=Chris|last2=Holbrook|first3=Marie|last3=Manilla|first4=Mary Sue|last4=Willis|first5=Darnell|last5=Arnoult|first6=Mark|last6=Powell|first7=Rusty|last7=Barnes|first8=Savannah|last8=Sipple|first9=Marena|last9=Mesha|first10=Jon|last10=Sealy|first11=Jacinda|last11=Townsend|first12=Taylor|last12=Brown|first13=Celia|last13=Mullins|first14=David|last14=Joy|first15=Matt|last15=Brock|editor-first1=Charles Dodd|editor-last1=White|editor-first2=Larry|editor-last2=Smith|date=7 June 2015|publisher=Bottom Dog Press|isbn=978-1933964850}}</ref> * “What Cannot Be Carried Alone.” ''Still: The Journal'', Issue 18 (Spring 2015).<ref>{{Cite web| title=What Cannot Be Carried Alone | url=http://www.stilljournal.net/david-joy-fiction.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915165719/http://www.stilljournal.net/david-joy-fiction.php | archive-date=2015-09-15}}</ref> * “The Line That Held Us.” ''Pisgah Review'', 7.1 (Winter 2013): 26–34. * “The Stars Shall Withdraw Their Shining.” ''Flycatcher'', No. 3 (Summer/Fall 2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flycatcherjournal.org/3-stars-shall-withdraw.php|title=Flycatcher|work=flycatcherjournal.org}}</ref>

===Essays=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * “Song Of The Woods.” ''Garden & Gun'' (June/July 2022): 128-133.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gardenandgun.com/feature/quiet-in-the-woods/ | title=Quiet in the Woods }}</ref> * "Light In The Dark." ''Garden & Gun'' (Oct./Nov. 2021): 116-119.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gardenandgun.com/feature/finding-flounder-and-family/|title = Finding Flounder and Family}}</ref> * “Boss Hen.” ''Garden & Gun'' (Oct./Nov. 2020): 106-109.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gardenandgun.com/feature/the-hen-that-rules-the-woods/|title = The Hen That Rules the Woods}}</ref> * “Dreaming Of Monster Fish.” ''Garden & Gun'' (June/July 2019): 114–121.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gardenandgun.com/feature/dreaming-monster-fish|title=Dreaming of Monster Fish}}</ref> * "Hunting Camp." ''Time'' (August 6, 2018).<ref name="Time"/> * "At The Crossroads. ''The New York Times Magazine'' (April 8, 2018): 48–53.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/magazine/gun-culture-is-my-culture-and-i-fear-for-what-it-has-become.html|title=Gun Culture is My Culture. And I Fear for What It Has Become|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 April 2018|last1=Joy|first1=David}}</ref> * "Good Dog: Mutually Reclusive." ''Garden & Gun'' (Dec. 2017/Jan. 2018): 87–90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gardenandgun.com/articles/mutually-reclusive/|title = Mutually Reclusive|date = 6 December 2017}}</ref> * "A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps." ''Charlotte Magazine'' (November 2017): 54–59.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/November-2017/Essay-A-Charlotte-Native-Remembers-Fish-Camps/|title = Essay: A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps|date = 23 October 2017}}</ref> * "Digging In The Trash." ''The Bitter Southerner''. 2 May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bittersoutherner.com/digging-in-the-trash-david-joy|title=Digging in the Trash|website=THE BITTER SOUTHERNER}}</ref> * “On Darkness." ''Criminal Element''. 13 March 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2017/03/on-darkness-why-i-write-the-stories-i-do|title=On Darkness: Why I Write the Stories I Do by David Joy|first=David|last=Joy|newspaper=Criminal Element|date=13 March 2017}}</ref> * “This Caravan Rolls On." ''The Quivering Pen''. 6 March 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com/2017/03/my-first-time-david-joy.html|title=My First Time: David Joy|first=David|last=Abrams|date=6 March 2017|publisher=}}</ref> * “My Privilege, Our Problem." ''Charlotte Magazine''. 22 Sept. 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/October-2016/Essay-My-Privilege-Our-Problem/|title=Essay: My Privilege, Our Problem|work=charlottemagazine.com|date=22 September 2016}}</ref> * “One Place misUnderstood.” The Huffington Post (reprint). 23 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-michele-richardson/one-place-misunderstood_b_10618102.html|title=One Place misUnderstood - Huffington Post|first=Kim Michele|last=Richardson|date=23 June 2016|work=huffingtonpost.com}}</ref> * “One Place misUnderstood.” ''Writer's Bone''. 21 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writersbone.com/featureslibrary/2016/6/21/one-place-misunderstood|title=One Place misUnderstood|work=writersbone.com|date=21 June 2016 }}</ref> * “The Last Hotdog I Ever Ate.” ''Charlotte Magazine'' (October 2015): 37–40.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/October-2015/The-Last-Hot-Dog-I-Ever-Ate/|title=The Last Hot Dog I Ever Ate|work=charlottemagazine.com|date=22 September 2015}}</ref> * “The Man Who Carried Snakes.” ''The Good Men Project''. 15 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-man-who-carried-snakes-dg/|title=The Man Who Carried Snakes -|date=15 August 2015|work=goodmenproject.com}}</ref> * “The Long Row.” ''Drafthorse Literary Journal'' 1.2 (Summer 2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drafthorse.lmunet.edu/summer2012/nonfiction/joy_row.shtml|title=drafthorse - David Joy - The Long Row|work=lmunet.edu|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-date=2016-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012075616/http://drafthorse.lmunet.edu/summer2012/nonfiction/joy_row.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> * “Creatures of Fire.” ''Smoky Mountain Living'' 10.3 (Summer 2010): 44–47.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smliv.com/features/creatures-of-fire/|title=Creatures of fire|date=1 June 2010|publisher=}}</ref> * “Sound of Silence.” ''Smoky Mountain Living'' 10.1 (Winter 2010): 42–45.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smliv.com/perspectives/sound-of-silence/|title=Sound of silence|date=1 January 2010|publisher=}}</ref> * “Native.” ''Smoky Mountain Living'' 9.4 (Summer 2009): 54–56.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smliv.com/features/natives/|title=Natives|date=1 June 2009|publisher=}}</ref> * “Breaking in the Cork.” Wilderness House Literary Review 4.1 (Spring 2009): 1–9.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Breaking in the Cork | author=David Joy | url=http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.1/essay/DavidJoy.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012080232/http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.1/essay/DavidJoy.pdf | archive-date=2016-10-12}}</ref> * “Tired and Feathered.” Bird Watcher's Digest 31.2 (Nov/Dec 2008): 80–82. {{div col end}}

===Translations=== * ''Là où les lumières se perdent''. France: Sonatine Editions, 2016. (French; first edition)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonatine-editions.fr/livres/La-ou-les-lumieres-se-perdent.asp|title=Là où les lumières se perdent - David Joy - SONATINE Editions|first=Sonatine|last=Editions|work=sonatine-editions.fr|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-date=2016-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012150810/http://www.sonatine-editions.fr/livres/La-ou-les-lumieres-se-perdent.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Le Poids du monde''. France: Sonatine Editions, 2018. (French; first edition)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sonatine-editions.fr/livres/Le-Poids-du-monde.asp |title=Le Poids du monde - David Joy &#124; SONATINE Editions |access-date=2018-01-16 |archive-date=2018-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012033/http://www.sonatine-editions.fr/livres/Le-Poids-du-monde.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Wo Alle Lichter Enden''. Germany: Polar Verlag, 2019. (German; first edition)<ref>https://www.polar-verlag.de/wo-alle-lichter-enden/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> * ''Ojo Por Ojo''. Spain: RBA Libros, 2020. (Spanish; first edition)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbalibros.com/serie-negra/ojo-por-ojo_5002|title=Ojo por ojo|date=8 February 2020}}</ref> * ''Ce Lien Entre Nous''. France: Sonatine Editions, 2020. (French; first edition)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.lisez.com/ebook/ce-lien-entre-nous/9782355847509|title=Ce lien entre nous &#124; Lisez!}}</ref> * ''Nos Vies En Flammes''. France: Sonatine Editions, 2022. (French; first edition)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.lisez.com/livre-grand-format/nos-vies-en-flammes/9782355847301|title = Nos vies en flammes &#124; Lisez!}}</ref> * ''Queste Montagne Bruciano''. Italy: Jimenez, 2022.(Italian, first edition)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/libri-editori/queste-montagne-bruciano-david-joy-per-la-prima-volta-nelle-librerie-italiane-780155.html|title=Queste montagne bruciano, David Joy per la prima volta nelle librerie italiane|date=14 February 2022 }}</ref> * ''Montañas En Llamas''. Spain: RBA Libros, 2022. (Spanish; first edition)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rbalibros.com/serie-negra/montanas-en-llamas_6875 | title=Montañas en llamas | date=12 July 2022 }}</ref> * ''Dove Tende La Luce''. Italy: Jimenez, 2023.(Italian, first edition)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jimenezedizioni.it/david-joy-dove-tende-la-luce/ | title=David Joy - Dove tende la luce | date=31 January 2023 }}</ref>

==Awards== * 2024 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction<ref name="ReferenceA"/> * 2023 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.williemorrisawards.org/winners | title=Current Winners }}</ref> * 2023 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mountainx.com/blogwire/asheville-museum-of-history-announces-thomas-wolfe-memorial-literary-award-winner/ | title=Mountain Xpress | date=15 April 2024 }}</ref> * 2022 Prix Saint-Maur En Poche du Roman Étranger (Ce Lien Entre Nous)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://smokymountainnews.com/arts/item/33902-over-the-hills-and-far-away-jackson-county-author-wins-french-literary-award | title=Over the hills and far away: Jackson County author wins French literary award }}</ref> * 2020 Dashiell Hammett Prize for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing (When These Mountains Burn)<ref name="penguinrandomhouse.com"/> * 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize Finalist (The Line That Held Us)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfc.edu/news/news/details/~post/st-francis-college-announces-finalists-for-the-biennial-50000-sfc-literary-prize-20190815 |title=St. Francis College Announces Finalists for the Biennial $50,000 SFC Literary Prize &#124; Details |access-date=2019-08-15 |archive-date=2019-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815204203/https://www.sfc.edu/news/news/details/~post/st-francis-college-announces-finalists-for-the-biennial-50000-sfc-literary-prize-20190815 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2019 Southern Book Prize (The Line That Held Us)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sibaweb.com/siba-book-award/690-the-2019-southern-book-prize-winners |title=The 2019 Southern Book Prize Winners |access-date=2019-02-14 |archive-date=2019-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215102746/https://www.sibaweb.com/siba-book-award/690-the-2019-southern-book-prize-winners |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2018 WCSA Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing (The Weight Of This World)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wcstudiesassociation.wordpress.com/ |title=Home |website=wcstudiesassociation.wordpress.com}}</ref> * 2017 Le Prix du Balai de Bronze for Là Où Les Lumières Se Perdent (Where All Light Tends To Go)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.concierge-masque.com/2017/10/14/remise-du-prix-du-balai-dor-2017/ |title=Le concierge masqué » Remise du Prix du Balai d'OR 2017 |access-date=2017-11-08 |archive-date=2018-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221133912/http://www.concierge-masque.com/2017/10/14/remise-du-prix-du-balai-dor-2017/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2017 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist for ''Where All Light Tends To Go'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/news/43-american-novels-on-the-2017-longlist/|title=42 American novels on the 2017 longlist - International DUBLIN Literary Award|website=www.dublinliteraryaward.ie|access-date=2016-11-21|archive-date=2016-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234315/http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/news/43-american-novels-on-the-2017-longlist/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2016 Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel<ref name="auto"/> * 2016 Macavity Awards Finalist for Best First Novel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mysteryreaders.org/macavity-awards/|title=Macavity Awards :: Mystery Readers International|work=mysteryreaders.org}}</ref> * 2015 SIBA Pat Conroy Book Award Finalist, The Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/read-this/siba-book-awards|title=Authors 'Round the South - The Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize|work=authorsroundthesouth.com|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-date=2016-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005214217/http://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/read-this/siba-book-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2015 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Finalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/02/04/orr-ritchie-receive-1500-thomas-wolfe-award-saturday/79811142/|title=Orr, Ritchie to receive $1,500 Thomas Wolfe Award|work=citizen-times.com}}</ref> * 2012 Ragan Old North State Award Finalist<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ncpublications.com/comments/October%202012.pdf | title=Deputy Secretary Jeffrey J. Crow Retires | access-date=2017-02-22 | archive-date=2013-05-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512230023/http://www.ncpublications.com/comments/October%202012.pdf | url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2012 Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist * 2011 Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Award Finalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parksandrecbusiness.com/articles/2012/02/28/conservation-award-nominees|title=Conservation Award Nominees|publisher=|access-date=2017-02-22|archive-date=2017-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223041700/http://www.parksandrecbusiness.com/articles/2012/02/28/conservation-award-nominees|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Interviews== Interviews with the author.

{{div col|colwidth=30em}} *Salvation South (July 27, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salvationsouth.com/made-you-look-david-joy-those-we-thought-we-knew//|title = Made You Look|date = 27 July 2023}}</ref> * Los Angeles Review of Books (September 24, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/no-room-for-the-lie/|title = Los Angeles Review of Books|date = 24 September 2018}}</ref> * NPR Weekend Edition with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (August 12, 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/12/637551228/the-line-that-held-us-noir-in-appalachia|title='The Line That Held Us': Noir in Appalachia|newspaper=NPR.org}}</ref> * WUNC North Carolina Public Radio's "The State Of Things" with Frank Stasio (August 10, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wunc.org/post/looking-life-appalachia-through-noir-lens-0#stream/0|title = Looking at the Life of Appalachia Through a Noir Lens}}</ref> * PANK Magazine (September 19, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pankmagazine.com/2017/09/19/appalachia-noir-fishing-interview-david-joy/|title = Appalachia, noir, and fishing: An interview with David Joy|date = 19 September 2017}}</ref> * NPR Weekend Edition Sunday with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (July 23, 2017)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/23/538825520/digging-in-the-trash-how-poor-southerners-are-seen|title = 'Digging in the Trash': How Poor Southerners Are Seen|newspaper = NPR.org}}</ref> * The Huffington Post (March 30, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/author-david-joy-on-writing-beauty-and-controllably_us_58dd29c0e4b0efcf4c66a676|title=Author David Joy On Writing, Beauty and Controllably Losing Your Mind|first=Scott Alexander|last=Hess|website=HuffPost|date=30 March 2017|publisher=}}</ref> * Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought" (March 13, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gpbnews.org/post/author-david-joy-explores-trauma-appalachia|title=Author David Joy Explores Trauma In Appalachia|first=Celeste Headlee, Sean|last=Powers|publisher=|access-date=2017-03-21|archive-date=2017-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322202715/http://gpbnews.org/post/author-david-joy-explores-trauma-appalachia|url-status=dead}}</ref> * WREK 91.1 Atlanta's "North Avenue Lounge" (March 13, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northavenuelounge.com/david-joy/|title=David Joy - North Avenue Lounge|website=northavenuelounge.com|access-date=2017-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322111846/http://northavenuelounge.com/david-joy/|archive-date=2017-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Mystery Tribune (Feb. 17, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mysterytribune.com/conversation-david-joy-author-weight-world/|title=A Conversation with David Joy, Author of "The Weight of This World"|website=www.mysterytribune.com|date=17 February 2017}}</ref> * Nyctalopes (Sept. 26, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyctalopes.com/entretien-avec-david-joy-la-ou-les-lumieres-se-perdent-chez-sonatine/|title=Entretien avec DAVID JOY " là où les lumières se perdent " chez Sonatine. – Nyctalopes|work=nyctalopes.com|date=26 September 2016}}</ref> * Huffington Post (March 9, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-rubinstein/where-all-light-tends-to-_b_6822700.html|title='Where All Light Tends to Go': A Talk With David Joy - Huffington Post|first1=Mark Rubinstein|last1=Author|first2=The Lovers|last2=Tango"|date=9 March 2015|work=huffingtonpost.com}}</ref> * Kirkus Reviews (March 6, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/david-joy/|title=David Joy - Kirkus Reviews|work=kirkusreviews.com}}</ref> * Appalachian Heritage (Feb. 6, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://appalachianheritage.net/2015/02/06/dj/|title=Interview: David Joy - Appalachian Heritage|work=appalachianheritage.net}}</ref> * Southern Literary Review (March 3, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southernlitreview.com/authors/allen-mendenhall-interviews-david-joy-author-of-where-all-light-tends-to-go.htm|title=Allen Mendenhall Interviews David Joy, Author of Where All Light Tends to Go - Southern Literary Review|date=3 March 2015|work=southernlitreview.com}}</ref> * Watauga Democrat (Feb. 11, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wataugademocrat.com/mountaintimes/columns/an-interview-with-david-joy/article_e2fdde64-b216-11e4-8c32-efd5887449f2.html|title=An Interview with David Joy|work=wataugademocrat.com|date=11 February 2015 }}</ref> * Writer's Bone (March 3, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writersbone.com/interviewsarchive/2015/3/3/country-discomfort-author-david-joy-on-appalachian-noir-and-his-debut-novel|title=Country Discomfort: Author David Joy On Appalachian Noir and His Debut Novel|work=writersbone.com|date=3 March 2015 }}</ref> * Entropy Magazine (March 1, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entropymag.org/getting-lit-round-2-with-david-joy/|title=Getting Lit: Round 2 with David Joy|work=entropymag.org|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-date=2016-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805111826/http://entropymag.org/getting-lit-round-2-with-david-joy/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Largehearted Boy (March 3, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2015/03/book_notes_davi_37.html|title=Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - David Joy "Where All Light Tends to Go"|work=largeheartedboy.com}}</ref> * Chapter 16 (April 22, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chapter16.org/on-digging-clay-selling-meth-and-paternal-domination/|title=On Digging Clay, Selling Meth, and Paternal Domination|work=chapter16.org|date=22 April 2015 }}</ref> * WUNC North Carolina Public Radio (March 11, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wunc.org/post/david-joys-where-all-light-tends-go#stream/0|title=David Joy's 'Where All Light Tends To Go'|first=Laura Lee, Phoebe|last=Judge|work=wunc.org}}</ref> * Smoky Mountain News (March 3, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smokymountainnews.com/archives/item/15173-the-joy-of-self-destruction-wnc-writer-releases-debut-novel|title=The Joy of Self-Destruction: WNC writer releases debut novel|first=Garret K.|last=Woodward|work=smokymountainnews.com}}</ref> * Citizen Times (Feb. 28, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/books/2015/02/28/neufeld-outlaw-tale-modern-cashiers-catastrophe/24193985/|title=Neufeld: Outlaw tale is a modern Cashiers catastrophe|work=citizen-times.com}}</ref> {{div col end}}

==Television appearances== * France 5, "La Grande Librairie," (September 23, 2020)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.france.tv/france-5/la-grande-librairie/la-grande-librairie-saison-13/1950373-dire-le-monde.html| title = La grande librairie - Dire le monde en streaming - Replay France 5 {{!}} France tv| date = 23 September 2020}}</ref> * University of Delaware's National Agenda Series, "As We Stand Divided" (September 20, 2017)<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/IN3AUiUqfCo| archive-date = 2021-12-09| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN3AUiUqfCo| title = National Agenda, 2017: David Joy | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * Alabama Public Television, "Book Mark" (March 7, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moYfOWR-lkg|title=Bookmark David Joy|last=Bookmark with Don Noble|date=20 March 2017|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> * Arizona PBS, "Books & Co." (May 21, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azpbs.org/books/authordetail.php?id=371|title=Books & Co. - David Joy - Arizona PBS|work=azpbs.org|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404045909/http://www.azpbs.org/books/authordetail.php?id=371|archive-date=2016-04-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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