John Yunker writes short stories, plays and novels focused on the complex and often conflicted relationships between humans and animals.
He is co-author (with Midge Raymond) of the mystery Devils Island.
He is author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead. And he’s co-founder (with Midge Raymond) of Ashland Creek Press, a publisher devoted to environmental and animal literature.
His plays have been produced by theaters in Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, New York, Oregon and Washington DC. The full-length play Meat the Parentswas a finalist at the Centre Stage New Play Festival (South Carolina) and semi-finalist in the AACT new play contest. Species of Least Concern was a finalist in the Mountain Playhouse Comedy Festival and Unicorn Theatre New Plays Reading Series.
His short stories have been published by a number of literary journals such as Phoebe, Qu, Flyway and Kelp Journal. And his essays have been published in High Country News, The Revelator and others.
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