James Greer

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For the United States Navy admiral, see James A. Greer. For the American politician and businessman, see Jim Greer.
James Greer
James greer.jpg
Born 1971
Boston, MA
Residence Los Angeles, CA
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter, musician, critic
Years active 1991-present
Website jamesgreer.net

James Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, musician, and critic, born in 1971. He lives in Los Angeles.[1]

Career as a musician/critic

Greer was Senior Editor and Senior Writer at Spin[2][3][4][5] magazine in NYC in the early 90s.[6] He then moved to Dayton, Ohio, where in 1994 he joined the influential Indie rock band Guided By Voices, contributing bass guitar and vocals to the albums Alien Lanes (Matador, 1995) and Under the Bushes Under the Stars (Matador, 1996) and touring extensively across the U.S. and in Europe.[7][8] Greer wrote and recorded the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" for the Guided By Voices EP Sunfish Holy Breakfast, released by Matador Records on November 19, 1996.[9]

He was engaged to Kim Deal of the Pixies/Breeders[10][11] from 1991 until their break-up in 1996.

Greer started a new band in March 2012 with Guylaine Vivarat called Détective after the Jean-Luc Godard film of that name.[12] Greer's former band Guided By Voices recently announced several tour dates in September 2012 for which Détective would be the opening band. [13] In 2013 the band underwent a slight name change to DTCV and has continued to record and tour actively.[14]

Career as a novelist/author

Greer has published two novels, Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006)[15][16][17] and The Failure (Akashic, 2010).[18][19][20] Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First Fiction.[21] Noted American novelist Dennis Cooper has written about Greer's latest novel that "James Greer, one of the nimblest and most multilayered American fiction writers, has, with his latest novel The Failure, pulled off a sublime and shivery-smooth literary hat-trick-cum-emotional-gotcha. I defy anyone to come up with an equation to explain how this book's first impression as a ridiculously clever, funny crime story can gradually disclose a metanovel built from far more encyclopedic scratch only to reveal upon its conclusion a central, overriding thought so heartfelt literally it trembles your lower lip. This is one stunning piece of work."[22] Greer also wrote a biography of Guided By Voices, Guided By Voices: A Brief History (Black Cat/Grove Press, 2005).[23][24]In 2013 Greer released his first book of short fiction, titled Everything Flows, via Curbside Splendor. Publisher Weekly said of the book [25] "Halfway between the mind of God and a vivid dream, Everything Flows is proof that there remain new places to go, both on paper and in the known universe."

Career as a screenwriter

Greer has written or co-written several movies, including Max Keeble's Big Move[26][27] (Disney, 2001), Just My Luck[28][29] (20th Century Fox, 2006) starring Lindsay Lohan, the Jackie Chan vehicle The Spy Next Door[30][31] (Lion's Gate, 2010) and the forthcoming Cleo[32][33][34][35][36] (2012), a rock musical directed by Steven Soderbergh starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.

In March 2013, Steven Soderbergh announced he was working on a 12-hour version of John Barth's The Sot-Weed Factor. The book was adapted for Soderbergh by Greer.[37]

References

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  17. ↑ Willamette Week review of Artificial Light[dead link]
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External links

  • North of Onhava – James Greer's Official Site: [1]
  • James Greer at the Internet Movie Database
  • DTCV Official Site [2]
  • GBVDB – Guided By Voices Data Base [3]
  • Guided By Voices Official Website [4]
  • Grove/Atlantic page for Greer's Guided By Voices: A Brief History [5]
  • Akashic Books page for Greer's novel Artificial Light [6]
  • Akashic Books page for Greer's novel The Failure [7]
  • Cleo at the Internet Movie Database [8]
  • Cleo at AllMovie [9]

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