Kem Nunn
Kem Nunn (* 1948 in Pomona ) is an American novelist, surfer , journalist and screenwriter from California .
Life
Kem Nunn grew up in Pomona and Northern California. He earned a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine .
In 2006, Nunn became the screenwriter of Home Box Office's US western television series Deadwood for part of its third and final season. Nunn wrote the episode Leviathan Smiles . With the producer of the series David Milch he subsequently developed the surfer series John from Cincinnati , which takes place on Imperial Beach in San Diego and was first broadcast in June 2007.
Nunn lives in Orange County, California .
His novels have been described as "surf-noir" because they have gloomy scenes, contain political hints and are set against the background of surfers.
Fonts
- Tapping the Source (1984), German: Wellenjagd , DuMont, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-8321-5074-9
- Unassigned Territory (1986)
- Night over Surf City , Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-548-22273-0
- Pomona Queen (1992)
- The Dogs of Winter (1997), German: Where legends die , DuMont, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7701-5073-2 and more often
- Tijuana Straits (2004)
- Chance (TV Series) (2014)
Web links
- Literature by and about Kem Nunn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kem Nunn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- English-language article on Nunn in the San Diego Union Tribune
- Interview in English
- No Exit Press Biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Well, Kem |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pomona (California) |