{{Short description|American writer (born 1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox writer | name = Stephen Markley | image = Stephen Markley 2023 Texas Book Festival.jpg | caption = Markley at the 2023 Texas Book Festival | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Mount Vernon, Ohio, U.S. | occupation = Writer }}
'''Stephen Markley''' (born October 2, 1983 in Mount Vernon, Ohio<ref name=GALE/>) is an American journalist and author, whose work includes memoirs and novels.<ref name=SS/> He was born in Ohio and is a graduate of Miami University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.<ref name=SS/><ref name=PW/>
Markley's first novel ''Ohio'' (2018) takes place during a single evening.<ref name=ESQUIRE/> His second novel ''The Deluge'' (2023) is a dystopian epic about climate change spanning the years 2013 through to the 2030s.<ref name=ESQUIRE/><ref name=GUARDIAN/> The ''New York Times'' review said of it that the "dystopia is realistic and nuanced, grim but playful, setting Markley’s book apart from the tsunami of recent climate-change literature."<ref name =NYT1/> ''The New York Times'' named ''The Deluge'' one of the 100 Notable Books of 2023.<ref name=NYT2/>
Markley is reportedly working on an adaptation of ''Ohio'' for an HBO series to be produced by Sam Levinson.<ref name=THR/>
==Books== Source: WorldCat<ref name=WORLDCAT/>
===Nonfiction=== *''Publish This Book'' (2010) *''The Great Dysmorphia'' (2012) *''Tales of Iceland'' (2013)
===Fiction=== *''Ohio'' (2018) *''The Deluge'' (2023)
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=ESQUIRE>{{cite web |last1=McRobert |first1=Neil |title=Stephen Markley Is Smiling Through the Apocalypse |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a42434442/stephen-markley-the-deluge-interview/ |website=Esquire |access-date=11 March 2023 |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
<ref name=GALE>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Stephen Markley |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000333450/GLS |date=2021 |encyclopedia=Contemporary Authors |publisher=Gale |access-date=19 October 2023 }} </ref>
<ref name=GUARDIAN>{{Cite news |last1=McRobert |first1=Neil |title=The Deluge by Stephen Markley review – apocalypse in slow motion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/02/the-deluge-by-stephen-markley-review-apocalypse-in-slow-motion |website=The Guardian |access-date=11 March 2023 |date=2 March 2023}}</ref>
<ref name=NYT1>{{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Hamilton |title=A New Novel Confronts the Scale and Gravity of Climate Change |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/books/review/stephen-markley-deluge.html |date=2023-01-10 |access-date=2023-10-19 }}</ref>
<ref name=NYT2>{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=The New York Times Books |date=2023-11-21 |title=100 Notable Books of 2023 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/21/books/notable-books.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
<ref name=PW>{{Cite web |last=Werris |first=Wendy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/77495-collateral-damage-in-stephen-markley-s-debut.html |title=Collateral Damage In Stephen Markley's Debut |work=Publishers Weekly |date=2018-07-13 |access-date=2025-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714021128/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/77495-collateral-damage-in-stephen-markley-s-debut.html |archive-date=2018-07-14 }}</ref>
<ref name=SS>{{Cite web |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Stephen-Markley/2139674729 |title=Stephen Markley Biography at Simon & Schuster |access-date=2023-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104015503/https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Stephen-Markley/2139674729|archive-date=2023-01-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=THR>{{Cite web |last=Sandberg |first=Bryn |date=2021-04-16 |title='Euphoria' Showrunner to Produce Adaptation of Novel 'Ohio' for HBO (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sam-levinson-to-adapt-coming-of-age-novel-ohio-as-hbo-series-exclusive-4168059/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref name=WORLDCAT>{{Cite web |title=Author: Stephen Markley |url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au=%22Markley%2C%20Stephen%22 |website=WorldCat |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Stephen Markley}} * [https://www.stephenmarkley.com/ Official Website]
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