Author

Steve Oney

@steveoneywriter

Steve Oney is the author of “And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank.” His articles have been anthologized in “The Best American Magazine Writing 2008” and “The Best American Sports Writing 2006.”

Writing through a whiteout: David Grann and "The White Darkness"

Writing through a whiteout: David Grann and “The White Darkness”

The lede came to David Grann a year before he would complete his epic story and a year after the events it describes:“The man felt like a speck in the…
March 13, 2018
Notable Narrative: Joe Kovac Jr. and a tale of murder, a manhunt and a midnight run

Notable Narrative: Joe Kovac Jr. and a tale of murder, a manhunt and a midnight run

The crime was brutal – two guards shot to death with their own .40-caliber Glocks inside a Georgia Department of Corrections bus packed with prisoners. The setting was primal –…
August 29, 2017

"Why’s this so good?" No. 40: Roy Blount Jr. lets Jerry Clower talk

Over the years Roy Blount Jr. has written a number of superb magazine articles, one of my favorites being “Knock ’im Out, Jay-ree!” a profile of the great Southern raconteur…
May 1, 2012