Darren DeFrain is an award-winning fiction writer and the author of two books of fiction:
The Salt Palace follows the story of wayward LDS banker, Brian Peterson as he makes his way back to his family home in Utah from Michigan with a mysterious fellow traveler met via a ride board. What follows is a harrowing trip across the country and through various histories of the U.S., the L.D.S. Church, and the story of the Utah Jazz. J. Robert Lennon called the book “Thoughtful, deadpan, and shot through with comic inspiration.”
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-31wvKW6hQ
DeFrain’s story collection, Inside & Out, collects 11 first person short stories that roam the continental U.S. from Wisconsin to Montana to Texas to Nebraska. Master storyteller Antonya Nelson called the collection “dramatic monologues of the highest order.”
LINKS TO STORIES ONLINE:
“Have You Heard the Good News” from X-Ray Lit: https://xraylitmag.com/contributor/darren-defrain/
“Reunion” from Bull: http://mrbullbull.com/newbull/fiction/reunion/
DeFrain is listed as the 138th Most-Famous alumnus of Western Michigan University (slightly ahead of billionaire Alec Gores) according to Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-western-michigan-university-alumni-and-students/reference
The author would like to apologize to Alec Gores.