Roy Kesey

{{short description|American author}}

Roy Kesey is an American author. His books include Any Deadly Thing, Pacazo,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/02/pacazo-roy-kesey-review|title=A twisting time-frame adds a surprising dimension to this debut novel|last=Self|first=John|date=2 March 2012|work=The Guardian|accessdate=5 April 2013}} All Over,{{cite web|url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/ENTERTAINMENT05/711180321|title=Kesey's stories walk fine line|last=Ulin|first=David L.|date=18 November 2007|work=Erie Times-News|accessdate=20 April 2011}} Nothing in the World and an historical guide to the city of Nanjing, China.

His short fiction has been included in Best American Short Stories and such journals as Subtropics, The Georgia Review and The Iowa Review. His story "Double Fish" won the 2009 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize from The Missouri Review.{{cite web|url=http://www.missourireview.org/content/dynamic/text_detail.php?text_id=2400|title=Double Fish|work=The Missouri Review|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911192545/http://www.missourireview.org/content/dynamic/text_detail.php?text_id=2400|url-status=dead|archivedate=11 September 2011}}

In addition to his work as a writer, Kesey has translated two novels by Pola Oloixarac, Savage Theories and Dark Constellations.{{cite web |title=Cover Reveal: Pola Oloixarac's Forthcoming Novel is Watching You |url=https://lithub.com/cover-reveal-pola-oloixaracs-forthcoming-novel-is-watching-you/ |website=LitHub |date=20 November 2018 |accessdate=2018-11-21}}