# Ron Currie Jr. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ron_Currie_Jr. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ron_Currie_Jr..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Currie_Jr. > Source revision: 1347079351 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Ron Currie Jr.** is an American author. ## Background and education Currie was raised in Waterville and lives in [Portland, Maine](/source/Portland,_Maine). He attended [Clemson University](/source/Clemson_University) and withdrew before graduation.[1] ## Career Currie's first book, *[God is Dead](/source/God_is_Dead_(novel))*, was published to critical acclaim in 2007, earning Currie comparisons to [Kurt Vonnegut](/source/Kurt_Vonnegut)[2] and [Raymond Carver](/source/Raymond_Carver).[3] *God is Dead* received the [Young Lions Fiction Award](/source/Young_Lions_Fiction_Award) from the [New York Public Library](/source/New_York_Public_Library),[4] as well as the Metcalf award from the [American Academy of Arts and Letters](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters).[5] Critics praised the book's daring mix of dark humor and earnest sentiment. Andrew Ervin, writing in *[The Believer](/source/The_Believer_(magazine))*, said "few authors would dare to depict the near rape and death of God amid a horrendous genocidal war, and fewer still could make it so bladder-threateningly hilarious."[6] Bookpage said "Each of the chapter-length stories seem to have emerged from a [fever dream](/source/Fever_dream), sampling alternate futures that spring up like mutant weeds."[7] *God is Dead* was named a notable book of 2007 by the *[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle)*.[8] Currie published his first full-length novel, *[Everything Matters!](/source/Everything_Matters!)*, in 2009. The winner of an Alex Award from the [American Library Association](/source/American_Library_Association),[9] *Everything Matters!* made several best-of lists for 2009, including the *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*,[10] [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio),[11] and Amazon.com.[12] Writing in the *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)*, Janet Maslin called Currie a "startlingly talented writer" who "survives the inevitable, apt comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut and writes in a tenderly mordant voice of his own."[13] Currie's third book, the novel *Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles*, was published by [Viking](/source/Viking_Penguin) in February, 2013. *[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)* called it the writer's "most grounded work yet and perhaps his darkest."[14] "Anything does seem possible in Currie's fantastical fiction...Currie's gorgeously questioning prose explores the deeper meanings things gain after they're gone." Currie is also a screenwriter, most recently working on the Apple TV+ series [*Extrapolations*](/source/Extrapolations_(TV_series)).[15] ## Awards and honors Currie's writing has won the New York Public Library Young Lions Award,[16] the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[17] and the Alex Award from the American Library Association.[18] ## Selected works - *[God Is Dead](/source/God_is_Dead_(novel))* (2007) - *[Everything Matters!](/source/Everything_Matters!)* (2009) - *Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles* (2013) - *The One-Eyed Man* (2017) - *The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne* (2025) ## References 1. [Anna Koelsch, "Currie relates novel to own experiences," *The Duke Chronicle*, 30 August 2010. (accessdate 03-25-2013)](http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2010/08/30/currie-relates-novel-own-experiences) 1. Freeman, Reviewed by John (29 July 2007). ["If God's eaten by dogs, what becomes of us?"](https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/If-God-s-eaten-by-dogs-what-becomes-of-us-2578980.php). *Sfgate* 1. ["Review: God is Dead by Ron Currie"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jul/28/featuresreviews.guardianreview15). *[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com)*. 28 July 2007. 1. ["Home"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080516082532/http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/awards/ron_currie_jr_nypls_newest_young_literary_lion_83584.asp). Archived from [the original](http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/awards/ron_currie_jr_nypls_newest_young_literary_lion_83584.asp) on May 16, 2008. 1. ["American Academy of Arts and Letters - Literature Awards Press Release"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150811050120/http://www.artsandletters.org/press_releases/2009literature.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.artsandletters.org/press_releases/2009literature.php) on 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2015-06-04. 1. ["Issues"](http://www.believermag.com/issues/200709/?read=review_currie). *Believer Magazine* 1. ["BookPage Fiction Review: God Is Dead"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071112065939/http://bookpage.com/0708bp/fiction/god_is_dead.html). *www.bookpage.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.bookpage.com/0708bp/fiction/god_is_dead.html) on 2007-11-12. 1. [SFGate](https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2007-12-23/books/17275166_1_authors-books-lost-city-radio-top-books/4)[dead link] 1. ["ALA | Alex Awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080927030615/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.cfm). *www.ala.org*. Archived from [the original](http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.cfm#current) on 2008-09-27. 1. ["Favorite fiction of 2009 from the L.A. Times"](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/12/latimes-fiction-favorites-2009.html). 3 December 2009. 1. ["Best Books of 2009: The Complete List"](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121058884). *NPR*. 22 November 2009. 1. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000444391](https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000444391) 1. Maslin, Janet (17 June 2009). ["The Sky is Falling Soon! (And Junior is Agitated)"](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/books/18maslin.html). *The New York Times* 1. *The New Yorker*, *Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles*, April 1, 2013. 1. ["Extrapolations"](https://directories.wga.org/project/1220926/extrapolations/). *directories.wga.org*. Retrieved 4 April 2026. 1. ["Ron Currie Jr. Wins The New York Public Library's 2008 Young Lions Fiction Award for His Debut Novel God Is Dead"](https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/2008/04/30/ron-currie-jr-wins-new-york-public-librarys-2008-young-lions-fiction). *The New York Public Library*. Retrieved 2021-04-12. 1. ["Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters"](https://artsandletters.org/awards/). Retrieved 2021-04-12. 1. ["Everything Matters! | Awards & Grants"](http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/content/everything-matters). *www.ala.org*. Retrieved 2021-04-12. ## External links - [The New York *Times* review of *Everything Matters!*](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/books/18maslin.html?_r=1&ref=books) - [Currie reads in Bosphorus Art Project Quarterly](http://www.bapq.net/spring-09/feature_ron-currie_reads.asp) - [Ron Currie Lecture at University of Toledo, 20 September 2011](http://www.utoledo.edu/coil/fye/pdfs/CurrieLecture.pdf) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ron Currie Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Currie_Jr.) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Currie_Jr.?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.