Martin Padgett

Journalist and author, "A Night at the Sweet Gum Head"

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Martin Padgett has written books, features, product reviews, and news for 30 years.

Marty has written for Bitter Southerner, Oxford American, Gravy, Washington Post, Outside, BusinessWeek, Men’s Health and Creative Loafing, on topics that have ranged from single mothers in pursuit of sole custody, to the prison labor that trains wild horses for adoption, the novel legal defenses of Atlanta strip clubs, the best dive bars in the French Quarter (RIP Flanagan’s), and the economic effects of self-driving cars.

He earned his MFA in narrative nonfiction writing from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He was named a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow. He is a PhD candidate in History at Georgia State University.

Marty lives in Pensacola Beach with his husband, their cat, and an overflowing file of future story ideas.

Twitter: @martypadgett

Literary agent: Beth Marshea, Ladderbird Literary

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