Kevin St. Jarre
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Kevin St. Jarre (born July 26, 1968) is an American teacher, author, and former soldier.
Personal life
Son of Cecile and Guy St. Jarre,[1] Kevin St. Jarre was born on July 26, 1968[2] in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He grew up in Madawaska, Maine, and graduated from Madawaska High School in 1986,[3] where he was president of the chess club and wanted to work in military intelligence.[1] St. Jarre earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Maine at Fort Kent in 1997; his 2010 Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern Maine[3] was a product of the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing.[4] As of August 2023[update], he was a resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.[4]
Career
St. Jarre served in the
Education
Since 1997 through at least 2020, St. Jarre has been teaching, either at universities or high schools, including at Caribou High School (1997–1998), Noble High School (2003–2005), Fort Kent Community High School (2005–2010), Massabesic High School (2010–2014), University of Maine at Farmington (2013–2016), and Cape Elizabeth High School (2014 – at least 2020).[3]
Writing
A writer since childhood, St. Jarre's first sale was to his father for ten cents. St. Jarre has typically been a writer of historical fiction and thrillers.[3]
In 2005–2006, he published a three-volume series of
His novel Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle, published on November 6, 2020, is a character piece about a New Hampshirite divorcé and the unusual people he meets in his new apartment building. St. Jarre's next book, Celestine, was a
References
- ^ a b Marin, Mary; Morin, Gail; Voisine, Suzie, eds. (1986). "Seniors". The 1986 Owl. Vol. L1. Madawaska, Maine: Madawaska High School. p. 28.
- ^ a b "Kevin St. Jarre (1968 - )". Waterboro Public Library. June 3, 2007. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
Kevin St. Jarre's book, 'Aliens, Drywall and a Unicycle,' features the quirky residents of an apartment building in a fictitious New Hampshire town.
- ^ a b c "Author talk, reading with St. Jarre". The Courier-Gazette. Rockland, Maine. August 11, 2023. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
- ^ a b c "UMFK to honor Burnette Bowker and Kevin St. Jarre as outstanding alumni". University of Maine at Fort Kent. July 29, 2005. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Kevin St. Jarre on Facebook
- Kevin St. Jarre on X
- Media related to Kevin St. Jarre at Wikimedia Commons