Weston Ochse

Weston Ochse

Novelist, Freelance Writer, Adventurer

Tucson, Arizona Area

Current
  • Novelist at Delirium Books (Publisher)
  • Freelance Writer (Self-employed)
  • Intelligence Officer at DIA
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Weston Ochse’s Summary

I'm the author of three novels and a slew of short stories and non-fiction articles that have appeared in comic books, professional writing guides, magazines and anthologies. I won the "Bram Stoker award for Superior Achievement in First Novel" in 2005 for Scarecrow Gods, which was just reprinted in mass paperback. I was also nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2003 for my short fiction.

I live in Southern Arizona with my wife, Yvonne Navarro, and Great Danes, Pester Ghost Palm Eater and Goblin Monster Dog.

Weston Ochse’s Specialties:

Writing fiction (novels, novellas, short stories), Writing nonfiction (entertainment, introspection, travel), Print marketing/promotion, Public Speaking, Writing instruction (novels, novellas, short stories, creative non-fiction). Military history, tactics and techniques, martial arts and combatives, human intelligence discipline, interrogation, special operations, Asia, Pacific Island Nations, Chinese Language.


Weston Ochse’s Experience

  • Novelist

    Delirium Books (Publisher)

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    March 2004Present (5 years 5 months)

    Author of the novels Scarecrow Gods (Bram Stoker Award), Recalled to Life and The Golden Thread. Also published Scary Rednecks and Other Inbred Horrors in limited edition hardback in 2006 (originally published by Darktales in 2000) Contracted for Track of the Storm due in 2009.

  • Freelance Writer

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

    June 1997Present (12 years 2 months)

    Writer of short stories, novellas, novels, creative non-fiction, poetry and screenplays whose work has appeared internationally in anthologies, magazines, comics and collections. Represented by Denise Dumars at Ashley Grayson Literary Agency.

  • Intelligence Officer

    DIA

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

    March 1989Present (20 years 5 months)

    Manages and provides oversight for DoD HUMINT Training.


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Weston Ochse’s Interests:

international travel, martial arts, reading novels, reading comics, watching movies, reality programming, pop culture, post-modernism.

Weston Ochse’s Honors:

+Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in First Novel (writer) 2005
+Gothic Net Fiction Award (writer) 2001
+Columbia University Gold Medal for Literary Publishing (Editor) 1999
+Honorable Mention in Years Best Fantasy and Horror (writer)1998-2003, 2006


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