Steph Post

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Steph Post is an American author. Her books include the novels Lightwood,{{cite web|title=Review: Local author Steph Post takes readers on a twisted ride in 'Lightwood'|url=https://www.tampabay.com/features/books/review-local-author-steph-post-takes-readers-on-a-twisted-ride-in-lightwood/2310074/|website=Tampa Bay Times|date=19 January 2017}} Walk in the Fire.{{cite web|title=Steph Post's Florida noir 'Walk in the Fire' a sizzling sequel to 'Lightwood'|url=https://www.tampabay.com/features/books/Steph-Post-s-Florida-noir-Walk-in-the-Fire-a-sizzling-sequel-to-Lightwood-_164387925/|website=Tampa Bay Times|date=11 January 2018}} and A Tree Born Crooked.{{cite web|title=Indieview with Steph Post, author of A Tree Born Crooked|url=http://www.theindieview.com/2015/01/04/indieview-with-steph-post-author-of-a-tree-born-crooked/|website=The IndieView|date=4 January 2015}} She teaches writing in St. Petersburg, Florida.{{cite web|title=Steph Post|url=https://fictionsoutheast.com/author/stpostvegas/|website=Fiction Southeast|language=en}} Author Brian Panowich said Post is the official voice of working class literature in Florida, akin to what Daniel Woodrell has done for Missouri, or Ron Rash for the Carolinas." An article in the

mTampa Tribune described Lightwood'' as Florida noir.

Post was born in St. Augustine, Florida. She went to Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina as a recipient of the Patricia Cornwell Scholarship for creative writing. At Davidson she won the Vereen Bell writing award for short fiction. Post lives in Tampa.