Charles Deemer

Charles Deemer is the former editor of Oregon Literary Review and the former artistic director of Small Screen Video. He is semi-retired.

His book Seven Plays was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. His novel Dead Body In A Small Room was a finalist for Foreword Magazine's Mystery of the Year award. Three of his stories were selected to the Roll of Honor in Best American Short Stories. His play "Famililly" won the 1997 Crossing Borders international new play competition.

His other books include Sodom, Gomorrah & Jones (novel), Kerouac's Scroll (novel), Love At Ground Zero (novel), Movies They Should Have Made (screenplays), The Man Who Shot Elvis and Other Stories and In My Old Age (poems).

Deemer began making digital films in 2007. His DVDs include Three Short Digital Films, Deconstructing Sally and The Farewell Wake. His latest project is Stories In Overdrive, novellas for reading on smart phones and tablets.

Deemer teaches screenwriting at Portland State University.