Brian Huba Biography
In September 2008, Brian was selected to participate in a Master’s Fiction Writing Class taught by 2007 National Book Award Finalist Lydia Davis (Varieties of Disturbance: Stories). Brian was invited by 1984 Pulitzer Prize novelist William Kennedy (Ironweed) to attend the NYS Writers Summer Institute, where he studied under Russell Banks (Cloudsplitter), Jay McInerney (Bright Lights Big City), Elizabeth Benedict (Slow Dancing).
Brian currently teaches English/writing at the high school level. He is a graduate of the College of Saint Rose Graduate School and the University of Albany. Brian was awarded a $1,500 scholarship from Hudson Valley Community College for a sample of creative writing he submitted. Brian has published a critical essay “An Examination of Classroom Writing” for an educational journal. He has had a short story “The Golden Mile” published in a literary magazine Spell for Rain. Brian is a registered writer with the Student Operated Press. He was a founding member of the Saint Rose Creative Writing Club. Brian authors a weekly blog for the Troy Record newspaper in order to build a consistent readership. He averages between 2,000-3,000 views per month.
Brian is currently completing the second novel in The American Car Salesman Series: The Electric Circus. He is seeking a publisher for the first novel in this series: The Auto Mile.