About John Vurro Books
John Vurro's debut novel Play, Rewind was shortlisted for the Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest, and was also a finalist in Craft's First Chapter Contest. His story "Turnkey" was chosen for Carve's One to Watch feature in their 2015 summer issue. His story "Carmine's War" won Harpur Palate's 2013 John Gardner Award. His fiction has been published in The Literary Review, Eclipse, Glint, and elsewhere; his poems have been published in The Examined Life, Sugar House Review, Action, and Spectacle; his essay "Guardians" was published The Sun. He lives in Hazlet, New Jersey. Find him on Instagram @johnvurrowriter.
