Kyle Beachy

Kyle Beachy 's first novel, The Slide (Dial Press, 2009), won The Chicago Reader's Best Book by a Chicago Author reader's choice award for the year. His short fiction has appeared in journals including Fanzine, Pank, Hobart, Juked, The Collagist, 5 Chapters , and others. His writing on skateboarding has appeared in The Point , The American Reader , The Chicagoan , Free Skateboard Magazine (UK & Europe), The Skateboard Mag (US), Jenkem , Deadspin, and The Classical . He teaches at Roosevelt...See more

Kyle Beachy 's first novel, The Slide (Dial Press, 2009), won The Chicago Reader's Best Book by a Chicago Author reader's choice award for the year. His short fiction has appeared in journals including Fanzine, Pank, Hobart, Juked, The Collagist, 5 Chapters , and others. His writing on skateboarding has appeared in The Point , The American Reader , The Chicagoan , Free Skateboard Magazine (UK & Europe), The Skateboard Mag (US), Jenkem , Deadspin, and The Classical . He teaches at Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a co-host on the skateboarding podcast Vent City with pro skater Ryan Lay and others See less