William Orem writes about spiritual quest across different cultures and times.
His stories and poems have been published in over 100 literary journals, including in The Princeton Arts Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Sou'wester and The New Formalist.
His first story collection, Zombi, You My Love, won the GLCA New Writers Award, previously given to Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, Richard Ford and Alice Munro. His second collection, Across the River, won the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize.
He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in both poetry and fiction.
His plays have been performed in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Louisville, Buffalo, San Diego and Boston, with a recent staged reading at Urban Stages in Manhattan.
