Dennis Must

Dennis Must is the author of three short story collections: GOING DARK, Coffeetown Press, Seattle, WA (2016), OH, DON'T ASK WHY, Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA (2007), and BANJO GREASE, Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley, CA (2000), plus novels: MACLEISH SQ., Red Hen Press (2022), BROTHER CARNIVAL, Red Hen Press (2018), THE WORLD'S SMALLEST BIBLE, Red Hen Press (2014), and HUSH NOW, DON'T EXPLAIN, Coffeetown Press (2014). His plays have been performed Off Off Broadway and his fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary reviews. He resides with his wife in Salem, Massachusetts.

MACLEISH SQ.: 2023 International Book Awards Finalist; 2023 Hawthorne Prize Finalist; American Writing Awards 2023 Finalist

HUSH NOW DON'T EXPLAIN: 2014 Dactyl Foundation Literary Fiction Award;

ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD: 2016 Award Finalist; MICHIGAN LITERARY AWARD FINALIST, University of Michigan Press; WILLIAM FAULKNER NOVEL FINALIST, Faulkner Society

THE WORLD'S SMALLEST BIBLE: 2014 USA Best Book Awards Finalist

GOING DARK: 2017 International Book Awards, Fiction Short Story

BANJO GREASE: 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist