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Gary Devore

 

Gary Devore is an archaeologist and author of fiction and nonfiction. A former lecturer at Stanford University and the University of California at Santa Cruz, he has directed archaeological projects in Italy and the UK. He has written a novel, Pantheon, about the Greek gods and a play about Shakespeare and the Nazis, as well as a guidebook to the city of Rome. Gary is currently working on a murder mystery set in the Roman Empire. He can be reached at garydevore.com.

What’s your creative process? Are you a night owl or an early bird? Are you in a writing group?

Definitely a night owl, in writing and in life. Most of my work gets done in the dark hours after everyone has gone to bed. Most of the blood, sweat, and tears I crank out myself, and I am lucky enough to have a great group of fellow writers to help with critique and feedback.

What are you reading right now?

The Killing the Buddha collection of short stories by Peter Manseau and Jeff Sharlet. Also just finished As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann.

How about some all-time favorites?

The Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar, Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco, Perfume by Patrick Suskind, Julian by Gore Vidal, the first three Anne Rice vampire novels, and any short story by Heinrich Böll.