Joe Meno
Writer & Playwright

The Great Perhaps
W.W. Norton, 2009

The Boy Detective Fails
Akashic, 2006

Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir
Short Stories
TriQuarterly, 2005

Hairstyles of the Damned
Akashic, 2004

How the Hula Girl Sings
HarperCollins, 2001

Tender as Hellfire
St. Martin's Press, 1999

Joe Meno lives in Chicago, whose awards include the Nelson Algren Literary Award and the Society of Midland Author's Fiction Prize. His online serial, The Secret Hand, runs through Playboy magazine at playboy.com. His short fiction has been published in the likes of McSweeney's, Witness, TriQuarterly, Mid-American Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Washington Square, Other Voices, Gulf Coast, and broadcast on NPR. He is a contributing editor to Punk Planet magazine and a creative writing professor at Columbia College Chicago.