Jay Busbee (born Howard James Busbee Jr. on December 13, 1968, in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American journalist, novelist, sportswriter and writer of comic books.
Jay Busbee | |
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 Busbee at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2009 | |
| Born | Howard James Busbee Jr. December 13, 1968 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Genre | Sports, Fantasy, Science fiction, Drama, Horror, Business |
| Spouse | None |
| Children | Riley and Logan |
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Early life and education edit
Busbee was raised in Atlanta, GA. He graduated from Riverwood High School in 1986, is a 1990 graduate of the College of William & Mary's English program and a 1996 graduate of the University of Memphis’s Creative Writing MFA program.[1] He lives in Atlanta with his family.
Career edit
Busbee's work has appeared in ESPN.com,[2] Esquire Magazine,[3] USA Today,[4] The Washington Post, Atlanta Magazine,[5] Slam Magazine, The Chicago Sports Review,[6] Memphis Magazine,[7] 64, Bluff Magazine,[8] Mid-South Sports and Leisure,[9] The Flat Hat,[10] The Memphis Flyer[11] and many other publications. Jay Busbee is the creator and head writer for Sports Gone South.[12]
He is a contributing editor of Atlanta magazine, and also writes the monthly "Painting the Corners" column for ChopTalk, the official Atlanta Braves magazine.[13] He has scripted comic books published by Arcana Studio and Digital Webbing. He has also written the books The Face of the River,[14] Sundown[15] and Bluff City.[16] He has also co-written Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business[17] and the comic books Velvet Rope[18] and Kade: Rising Sun.[19] He contributed the third story of the book Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened.[20]
On February 16, 2016, Busbee published Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family.[21]
He has appeared in The People Vs. Larry Flynt, and continues to teach English at Georgia Perimeter College.[22]
Busbee currently edits From the Marbles,[23] the official Yahoo! Sports NASCAR blog, and Devil Ball Golf,[24] the official Yahoo! Sports golf blog. He also contributes to The Post Game.[25]
He is currently writing another novel called Run & Shoot.[26]
References edit
- ^ "100 Notable Alumni of University of Memphis [Sorted List]". EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location. August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (July 8, 2005). "Tom Cruise Breaks Out His' A' Games". ESPN.com. Connecticut. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (May 10, 2007). "Sports Team Investing 101". Esquire Magazine. New York City.
- ^ Cherner, Reid (June 11, 2009). "Pit Stop in Times Square". USA Today. Virginia. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (April 2006). "Game plan: Andrew Saltzman and Steak Shapiro want to takeover the sports-talk radio world". Atlanta Magazine. Atlanta: Emmis Communications. pp. 106–110, 142–148. ISSN 0004-6701.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (May 17, 2005). "The Miracle of Mazzone". The Chicago Sports Review. Chicago.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (December 2004). "Penny Hardaway needs Your Love". Memphis Magazine. Memphis.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (September 19, 2006). "A piece of the action". Bluff Magazine. Atlanta.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (March 2005). "Down from the Mountaintop". Mid-South Sports & Leisure. Memphis.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (August 1988). "The Democratic National Convention 1988: A Punk Unleashed". The Flat Hat. Atlanta.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (May 1996). "The People Vs. Larry Flynt: An Inside Story". The Memphis Flyer. Memphis.
- ^ http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/chicago/author/jay-busbee/ Jay Busbee's bio on Chicago Sports Review
- ^ http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/fan_forum/choptalk_form.jsp# ChopTalk section of the Atlanta Braves website, Jay is cited on "in This Issue", contents_page1 under the heading "Pitchers"
- ^ Busbee, James (March 1999). The Face of the River. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 0-7388-1099-1.
- ^ ASIN B0012LPQHI, Sundown (January 12, 2008)
- ^ ASIN B0052HSWHY, Bluff City
- ^ Carlisi, Jeff; Dan Lipson; Jay Busbee (May 2009). Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-470-44652-2.
- ^ Poulton, Mark; Bruce Brown; Jay Busbee; Phil McClorey; Frank Laperch; Nicolas Knight; Stephen Sistilli (2008). Velvet Rope No. 1 (Comic) (1st ed.). Arcana Studios. ISBN 978-1-897548-25-7.
- ^ ASIN B001THGQJW, Kade Rising Sun No. 1 (Comic)
- ^ Rodriguez, Jason (July 24, 2007). Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened. Villard (imprint). ISBN 978-0-345-49850-2.
- ^ Busbee, Jay (February 16, 2016). Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family. Harper. ISBN 9780062367716.
- ^ http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbusbee/ Archived April 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Jay Busbee's Georgia Perimeter College Faculty profile webpage.
- ^ http://www.fromthemarbles.com From The Marbles, The Official Yahoo! Sports NASCAR Blog
- ^ http://www.devilballgolf.com Devil Ball Golf, The Official Yahoo! Sports Golf Blog
- ^ "Home". thepostgame.com.
- ^ http://www.runandshootbook.com Archived September 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Run & Shoot Book website.