Dorothee Kocks


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What's Up Next
Set in the early 1800s, my next novel explores the "celestial ravishment" said to be experienced by players of a musical instrument. It's called:
The Glass Harmonica
or
The Sensualist's Tale

Celtic Amateurs
Join Dorothee for sessions, Thursdays in Salt Lake City. Send an e-mail to connect.


Seeing Red “is a page turner, but it’s one of the smartest page turners I’ve seen in many years... What Sinclair did to expose the meat-packing industry, Kocks does for the scandals and sins of the drug industry."
--Utah $5,000 Publication Prize, Jan. 05


--Seeing Red “is a rare combination. Not only is it an excellent biotech thriller, it’s also an excellent character story. The writing is smooth and rich, and it develops the story with a depth of emotion and a degree of insight that makes it a pure joy to read.”
--2003 Utah Arts Council Novel Prize, First Place

To read Seeing Red, contact my agent.

Biography
Dorothee Kocks is the author of the non-fiction Dream a Little (2000), a performer of Accordion Monologues, and now presents the fiction manuscript, Seeing Red. She is fiction editor and managing editor of the Wasatch Journal and was previously an assistant professor at the University of Utah, where she received a Student Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1997. A recipient of recent artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Anderson Center in Minnesota, Can Serrat in Spain, and Byrdcliffe Colony in Woodstock, NY, she earned her PhD from Brown University in 1992 and her BA from University of Chicago. She lives in Salt Lake City, where she plays a red accordion, and walks in the mountains with her husband, Mark Etheridge, and two dogs.



My Work

1. Fiction
Seeing Red
“The first novel in years to make me cry, so much did I care for the characters.”
--Jerry Oltion, UAC contest judge
2. Performance Art
The Accordion Monologues
Short narratives enlivened by the comic beauty of the accordion. Click here for a sample.
3. Non-fiction
Dream a Little
A "rich, visionary exploration."
-Choice

“Absorbing… original.”
-Environment and History

“Uncommonly graceful narrative.”
-Rethinking History
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