Stephen Markley

With the debut of his first book at age 26, Stephen Markley garnered an immediate and devout cult following that has been growing ever since. Publish This Book: The Unbelievable True Story of How I Wrote, Sold, and Published This Very Book (2010) has been an instant hit for writers, Millennials, and anyone who enjoys a brazen sense of humor and a bold imagination. In 2011, he wrote and sold the screenplay and film rights to Kanea Arts Studio.Markley went from an unknown author to having the third-bestselling nonfiction book in Chicago overnight, appearing in publications as varied as Psychology Today, the Writer Magazine, Booklist, the Huffington Post, USA Today, and the Boston Globe.His work for RedEye has made him one of its most popular columnists in the most widely circulated newspaper in Chicago, and he also blogs for them at “Off the Markley,” which includes subject matter covering everything from the perils of market liberalism to who would win in a death match fight between a puppy and a baby.In addition to RedEye, Markley’s work has appeared in The Week, The Chicago Tribune, The Rumpus, Weber: A Study of the Contemporary West, RadarOnline, Private Investigator’s Magazine, and Cars.com’s blog KickingTires. His fiction has appeared in the Chicago Reader, 10,000 Tons of Black Ink, and Midnight Times. He’s also the author of the e-reader short The Great Dysmorphia: An Epistemological View of Ingesting Hallucinogenic Mushrooms at a 2012 Republican Presidential Debate, and he recently signed a contract to publish three more long-form pieces as e-books for 2013.