p>After quitting school at seventeen, b>Donald Ray Pollock/b> worked at Mead Paper Mill and as a truck driver in Chillicothe, Ohio. After thirty-two years employed as a labourer he enrolled at Ohio State University to study creative writing.br>br>He is the author of two acclaimed books, the cult-classic short-story collection i>Knockemstiff/i>, which went on to win the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship, and the novel i>The Devil All The Time/i>.br>br>u>www.donaldraypollock.net/u>/p>