A Better Place

About the Book

A Better Place is a collection of short fiction embracing what it means to be alive. The characters, though fictional, are brought to life within this... an insightful work of distilled realism which captures artistic dignity.

About the Author

KK.J. Stevens (born June 4, 1973) is an American novelist and short story writer. He has written six books. In 2007, his first novel, Pilgrim's Bay was released. In 2012, CUTTING TEETH, a collection of fiction and nonfiction was published. Poet, B.L. Kennedy, wrote: "CUTTING TEETH is a book of one hundred percent pure dynamite. It blows me away that K.J. Stevens is only 39 years old, and writing at this level. This is a fine collection of short stories and journal entries that breathe beauty. These stories are of the soil...sometimes that soil is rich and dark, but you need not worry, for you will be hooked...This is unique, cutting-edge writing." Stevens' writing style is described as minimalist. Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Amanda Davis, Raymond Carver, David Shaw and Flannery O'Connor have been attributed as his influences. Stevens was born in Alpena, Michigan. He attended Central Michigan University and studied creative writing at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Currently, he and his wife (artist, Brooke Stevens) live in Alpena, Michigan. They have two children.