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Born in the proud state of Maine, raised in New England and New York, Chris Orcutt wanted to be a writer since a summer afternoon at 13 when he read Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.
His favorite writers include Fleming, Raymond Chandler, Robert Parker, Charles Williams, Gil Brewer, Jim Thompson, Tom Clancy, John Lescroart, Alistair MacLean, Donald Westlake and Ernest Hemingway. That's right—guys' guys.
Orcutt’s day jobs have been many and varied: newspaper reporter, landscaper, waiter, parking valet (1 day), high school history teacher, startup software company founder, web content and writing consultant for Fortune 100 companies, technology manager for Merrill Lynch, college English professor, freelance web designer, and corporate speechwriter.
Dakota Stevens is based, Orcutt says, “on aspects of a grandfather I never knew, and on James Joyce’s idea of fiction being ‘imagined autobiography.’ He's smart, funny and resilient.”
As for Svetlana Krüsh, “She has some of the qualities of my darling wife, Alexas, and her saucy sisters, as well as a coterie of terrific Ukrainian-American girls I had the pleasure to
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Orcutt by the Numbers
Height: 71.5"
Computers: 2
Typewriters: 3
Pencils: 519
Books: 1,724
Sisters: 2
Ex-Girlfriends: 10
Wives: 1
Ex-Wives: 0
Children: ?
Best Friends: 4
Words Written: 2.6M
Shoe Size: 12
H.S. Batting Avg.: .333
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teach at Baruch College in Manhattan,” Orcutt says. “It's interesting because as much as I enjoy the real man's man writers, I adore smart, beautiful, capable women, so many of my best characters are of the female variety.”
A longtime lover of chess, Orcutt always wondered what it would be like to be a genius at the game; Ms. Krüsh is the result of those musings.
When he’s not writing, Orcutt enjoys a few distractions including golf, tennis, jazz, acrylic painting, the Boston Red Sox, target shooting, camping, nonfiction books, travel and NotWriting.com.
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