Wes Payton

Wes Payton has a B.A. in Rhetoric/Philosophy and an M.A. in English, having written a play for his master's thesis. His play Way Station was selected for a Next Draft reading in 2015, and What Does a Question Weigh? was selected for a staged reading as part of the 2017 Chicago New Work Festival. He has also been a short story presenter at the Illinois Philological Association. Wes lives with his wife and daughter in Oak Park, Illinois. Darkling Spinster is his second novel.

Wes Payton has a B.A. in Rhetoric/Philosophy and an M.A. in English, having written a play for his master's thesis. His play Way Station was selected for a Next Draft reading in 2015, and What Does a Question Weigh? was selected for a staged reading as part of the 2017 Chicago New Work Festival. He has also been a short story presenter at the Illinois Philological Association. Wes lives with his wife and daughter in Oak Park, Illinois. Darkling Spinster is his second novel. See less