Jonathan Starke

Jonathan Starke is a former bodybuilder and boxer. He’s ventured to sixty countries, harvested seaweed in Ireland, given free hugs in Spain, and flipped pancakes in Denmark. He loves riding trains and wondering about the lives unfolding outside the window. His debut novel, You’ve Got Something Coming, received the Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction. He’s the founding editor of Palooka, and his writing has appeared in The Sun, Missouri Review, Threepenny Review, Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, North American Review, and others. You might find him making homemade soap in the evenings or studying French. You might not.