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Colin Dodds is a writer with several books to his name, including Ms. Never and Windfall. He grew up in Massachusetts and lived in California briefly, before finishing his education in New York City. Since then, he’s made his living as a journalist, editor, copywriter, and video producer. His work has appeared in Gothamist, The Washington Post, and more than three hundred other publications, and has been praised by luminaries such as David Berman and Norman Mailer. Colin’s short films have been selected by festivals around the world and he once built a twelve-foot-high pyramid out of PVC pipe, plywood, and zip ties. Forget This Good Thing I Just Said, a first-of-its-kind literary and philosophical experience (the book was named a finalist for the Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction) is now available as an app for the iPhone. He lives in New York City, with his wife and children. You can find his work here.

We talk about the culture of art and writing, writing post-production of novels, the limitations of the publishing market, his most recent novel, and more.

An Essay about how Colin wrote Pharoni.

A pair of excerpts from the novel: Harry and the Hidden City, and an Excerpt from Pharoni

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