1. Kem Nunn was born on 1948 and is a third-generation Californian novelist, surfer, and magazine and television writer who lives in southern California.
11 Facts About Kem Nunn
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Kem Nunn has been described as "the inventor of surf-noir" for his novels' dark themes, political overtones, and surf settings.
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Kem Nunn is the author of six novels, including his 1984 seminal debut surf novel Tapping the Source, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
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Kem Nunn collaborated with producer David Milch on the third and final season of the HBO Western drama series Deadwood.
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Milch and Kem Nunn co-created the HBO series John from Cincinnati, a surfing series set in Imperial Beach, California, which premiered on June 10,2007.
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Kem Nunn wrote for the last three seasons of the television drama series, Sons of Anarchy.
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Kem Nunn was a creator, executive producer, and head writer for the television series, Chance, with Hugh Laurie, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
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Kem Nunn spent time in the graduate programs in Creative Writing at Columbia and University of California, Irvine.
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Kem Nunn has written the novels Tapping the Source, Dogs of Winter, Pomona Queen, Unassigned Territory, Tijuana Straits, and Chance.
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Kem Nunn received an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine.
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Kem Nunn joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a writer for the third and final season in 2006.