Jay Busbee

American journalist (born 1968)

Jay Busbee

Busbee at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2009

Born| Howard James Busbee Jr.
(1968-12-13) December 13, 1968 (age 55)
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation|

* Novelist
* short story writer
* journalist
* columnist

Genre| Sports, Fantasy, Science fiction, Drama, Horror, Business
Spouse| None
Children| Riley and Logan
Website
www.jaybusbee.com

Jay Busbee (born Howard James Busbee Jr. on December 13, 1968, in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American journalist, novelist, sportswriter and writer of comic books.

## Early life and education

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Busbee was raised in Atlanta, GA. He graduated from Riverwood High School in 1986, is a 1990 graduate of the College of William & Mary's English program and a 1996 graduate of the University of Memphis’s Creative Writing MFA program.[1] He lives in Atlanta with his family.

## Career

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Busbee's work has appeared in ESPN.com,[2] Esquire Magazine,[3] USA Today,[4] The Washington Post, Atlanta Magazine,[5] Slam Magazine, The Chicago Sports Review,[6] Memphis Magazine,[7] 64, Bluff Magazine,[8] Mid-South Sports and Leisure,[9] The Flat Hat,[10] The Memphis Flyer[11] and many other publications. Jay Busbee is the creator and head writer for Sports Gone South.[12]

He is a contributing editor of Atlanta magazine, and also writes the monthly "Painting the Corners" column for ChopTalk, the official Atlanta Braves magazine.[13] He has scripted comic books published by Arcana Studio and Digital Webbing. He has also written the books The Face of the River,[14] Sundown[15] and Bluff City.[16] He has also co-written Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business[17] and the comic books Velvet Rope[18] and Kade: Rising Sun.[19] He contributed the third story of the book Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened.[20]

On February 16, 2016, Busbee published Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family.[21]

He has appeared in The People Vs. Larry Flynt, and continues to teach English at Georgia Perimeter College.[22]

Busbee currently edits From the Marbles,[23] the official Yahoo! Sports NASCAR blog, and Devil Ball Golf,[24] the official Yahoo! Sports golf blog. He also contributes to The Post Game.[25]

He is currently writing another novel called Run & Shoot.[26]

## References

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1. ^ "100 Notable Alumni of University of Memphis [Sorted List]". EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location. August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
2. ^ Busbee, Jay (July 8, 2005). "Tom Cruise Breaks Out His' A' Games". ESPN.com. Connecticut. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011.
3. ^ Busbee, Jay (May 10, 2007). "Sports Team Investing 101". Esquire Magazine. New York City.
4. ^ Cherner, Reid (June 11, 2009). "Pit Stop in Times Square". USA Today. Virginia. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009.
5. ^ Busbee, Jay (April 2006). "Game plan: Andrew Saltzman and Steak Shapiro want to takeover the sports-talk radio world". Atlanta Magazine. Atlanta: Emmis Communications. pp. 106–110, 142–148. ISSN 0004-6701.
6. ^ Busbee, Jay (May 17, 2005). "The Miracle of Mazzone". The Chicago Sports Review. Chicago.
7. ^ Busbee, Jay (December 2004). "Penny Hardaway needs Your Love". Memphis Magazine. Memphis.
8. ^ Busbee, Jay (September 19, 2006). "A piece of the action". Bluff Magazine. Atlanta.
9. ^ Busbee, Jay (March 2005). "Down from the Mountaintop". Mid-South Sports & Leisure. Memphis.
10. ^ Busbee, Jay (August 1988). "The Democratic National Convention 1988: A Punk Unleashed". The Flat Hat. Atlanta.
11. ^ Busbee, Jay (May 1996). "The People Vs. Larry Flynt: An Inside Story". The Memphis Flyer. Memphis.
12. ^ http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/chicago/author/jay-busbee/ Jay Busbee's bio on Chicago Sports Review
13. ^ http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/fan_forum/choptalk_form.jsp# ChopTalk section of the Atlanta Braves website, Jay is cited on "in This Issue", contents_page1 under the heading "Pitchers"
14. ^ Busbee, James (March 1999). The Face of the River. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 0-7388-1099-1.
15. ^ ASIN B0012LPQHI, Sundown (January 12, 2008)
16. ^ ASIN B0052HSWHY, Bluff City
17. ^ Carlisi, Jeff; Dan Lipson; Jay Busbee (May 2009). Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-470-44652-2.
18. ^ Poulton, Mark; Bruce Brown; Jay Busbee; Phil McClorey; Frank Laperch; Nicolas Knight; Stephen Sistilli (2008). Velvet Rope No. 1 (Comic) (1st ed.). Arcana Studios. ISBN 978-1-897548-25-7.
19. ^ ASIN B001THGQJW, Kade Rising Sun No. 1 (Comic)
20. ^ Rodriguez, Jason (July 24, 2007). Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened. Villard (imprint). ISBN 978-0-345-49850-2.
21. ^ Busbee, Jay (February 16, 2016). Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family. Harper. ISBN 9780062367716.
22. ^ http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbusbee/ Archived April 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Jay Busbee's Georgia Perimeter College Faculty profile webpage.
23. ^ http://www.fromthemarbles.com From The Marbles, The Official Yahoo! Sports NASCAR Blog
24. ^ http://www.devilballgolf.com Devil Ball Golf, The Official Yahoo! Sports Golf Blog
25. ^ "Home". thepostgame.com.
26. ^ http://www.runandshootbook.com Archived September 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Run & Shoot Book website.

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