Books
My fiction writing explores the landscape of crime, violence, and renewal in the American South.
HE COMES IN FIRE won an Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for Best Regional Fiction and was nominated for the Library of Virginia Award in Fiction. BLOODROOT, my first novel, won the AWP Award.
“Even’s prose is lyrical yet precise”
– VIRGINIA magazine
“An entertaining, character-driven Southern Gothic tale enlivened by murder and written with compelling prose.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“Aaron R. Even’s novel HE COMES IN FIRE delivers a satisfying journey through a suspenseful plot with many richly developed characters.”
– American Book Review
Television scriptwriting
My documentary work has appeared on National Geographic, Discovery and Smithsonian Channels.