Kyle Beachy

Kyle Beachy 's first novel, The Slide (Dial Press, 2009), won The Chicago Reader's Best Book by a Chicago Author reader's choice award for the year. His short fiction has appeared in journals including Fanzine, Hobart, Juked, and 5 Chapters . His writing on skateboarding has appeared in The American Reader , The Chicagoan , The Skateboard Mag (US), Deadspin, and The Classical . He teaches at Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a co-host on the skateboarding podcast Vent City with pro skater...See more

Kyle Beachy 's first novel, The Slide (Dial Press, 2009), won The Chicago Reader's Best Book by a Chicago Author reader's choice award for the year. His short fiction has appeared in journals including Fanzine, Hobart, Juked, and 5 Chapters . His writing on skateboarding has appeared in The American Reader , The Chicagoan , The Skateboard Mag (US), Deadspin, and The Classical . He teaches at Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a co-host on the skateboarding podcast Vent City with pro skater Ryan Lay. See less