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Wesley Payton

Born:
Pen Name: Wes Payton

Connection to Illinois: Payton lives in Oak Park. He earned his BA from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and his MA from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Biography: Wes Payton is an author, writer, and instructional designer. His play Way Station was selected for a Next Draft reading in 2015, and What Does a Question Weigh? was selected for a staged reading as part of the 2017 Chicago New Work Festival.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Web: http://wespayton.weebly.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-payton-0aa6b698
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Wesley++Payton


Selected Titles

Darkling Spinster
ISBN: 1635969999 OCLC:

Start Romance [S.l.] : 2017

Darkling Spinster No More
ISBN: 172073996X OCLC: 1251872929

CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT P, [S.l.] : 2018.

Downstate Illinois
ISBN: 1509235876 OCLC: 1274165371

Wild Rose Press [S.l.] : 2021

Middle-aged romance writer Weston Payley moves to a small town in downstate Illinois looking for the simple life. Little does he know that he will be embroiled in a murder investigation and a relationship with single mom Rebecca.

Intimate Recreation
ISBN: B096HWK859 OCLC:

Independently Published [S.l.] : 2021

Lead Tears
ISBN: 1533133611 OCLC: 1251873062

CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT P, [S.l.] : 2016.

Oblong
ISBN: B0948LLS28 OCLC:

Independently Published [S.l.] : 2021

Raison Deidre
ISBN: B08H6QGQ5W OCLC:

Independently Published [S.l.] : 2020

Standing in Doorways
ISBN: 1949180387 OCLC:

Adelaide Books [S.l.] : 2018

The House Painter and the Pirate Hunter
ISBN: B097XB91BZ OCLC:

Independently Published [S.l.] : 2021

 

 

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