Jay Busbee

Busbee was raised in Atlanta, GA. He graduated from Riverwood High School in 1986, is a 1990 graduate of the College of William & Mary's English program and a 1996 graduate of the University of Memphis’s Creative Writing MFA program.[1] He lives in Atlanta with his family.

Busbee's work has appeared in ESPN.com,[2] Esquire Magazine,[3] USA Today,[4] The Washington Post, Atlanta Magazine,[5] Slam Magazine, The Chicago Sports Review,[6] Memphis Magazine,[7] 64, Bluff Magazine,[8] Mid-South Sports and Leisure,[9] The Flat Hat,[10] The Memphis Flyer[11] and many other publications. Jay Busbee is the creator and head writer for Sports Gone South.[12]

He is a contributing editor of Atlanta magazine, and also writes the monthly "Painting the Corners" column for ChopTalk, the official Atlanta Braves magazine.[13] He has scripted comic books published by Arcana Studio and Digital Webbing. He has also written the books The Face of the River,[14] Sundown[15] and Bluff City.[16] He has also co-written Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business[17] and the comic books Velvet Rope[18] and Kade: Rising Sun.[19] He contributed the third story of the book Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened.[20]

On February 16, 2016, Busbee published Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family.[21]

He has appeared in The People Vs. Larry Flynt, and continues to teach English at Georgia Perimeter College.[22]

Busbee currently edits From the Marbles,[23] the official Yahoo! Sports NASCAR blog, and Devil Ball Golf,[24] the official Yahoo! Sports golf blog. He also contributes to The Post Game.[25]

He is currently writing another novel called Run & Shoot.[26]