Glen David Gold

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Glen David Gold (born 1964) is an American author, known for his novels Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside.

Biography

Carter Beats the Devil is a fictionalized biography of Charles Joseph Carter (1874–1936), an American illusionist performing from c. 1900 to 1936. He writes in a narrative style, and the book was hailed as a very respectable venture into historical fiction.

His second novel, Sunnyside, was published in 2009.

Short stories of his—including "The Tears of Squonk"—have appeared in a number of issues of McSweeney's.

Gold has also ventured into comic books, writing a short story featuring Will Eisner's classic creation The Spirit. The story, entitled "One Hundred!", features artwork by Eduardo Risso and appeared in DC's The Spirit #13.

Gold co-wrote an episode of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale entitled "The Auction" in 2013, and contributed to an episode entitled "The Woman From Italy" in 2014.

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