Deanne Stillman is a widely published, critically acclaimed writer, essayist, and playwright. Her books of literary nonfiction include Twentynine Palms, an LA Times "best book of the year" which Hunter Thompson called "A strange and brilliant story by an important American writer; Mustang, which launched the ongoing conversation about wild horses in the West, an LA Times "best book of the year," in audio with Frances Fisher, Anjelica Huston, John Densmore and others; Desert Reckoning, based on a Rolling Stone piece, winner of the Spur Award, and an amazon editors pick; and Blood Brothers, which received a starred review in Kirkus, was excerpted in Newsweek, praised by Douglas Brinkley and Thomas Powers, and is now under option. Her essays have appeared in the LA Review of Books (contributing editor); Washington Monthly, UK Independent, the NY Times and various anthologies, including a Notable mention from Christopher Hitchens in Best American Essays. Her plays have been produced and won prizes around the country and her film "Marilyn Monroe Flees Her Crypt When Hugh Hefner Is Buried Next Door" was named "Best Experimental Short" by the Indie X Fest. She was a founder of the UC Riverside-Palm Desert MFA Low Residency Creative Writing Program, where she taught for thirteen years.
BOOKS/AUDIO
BLOOD BROTHERS
DESERT RECKONING
TWENTYNINE PALMS
MUSTANG
MUSTANG AUDIO
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