Grant Overstake
Author | Wichita, Kansas, USA |
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Author Grant Overstake is a former Miami Herald Sports Writer and Kansas newspaper editor. He has been writing professionally since he was 18. He began as a part-time sports writer at The Wichita Eagle before attending the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. He was awarded the William Randolph .... more
Author Grant Overstake is a former Miami Herald Sports Writer and Kansas newspaper editor. He has been writing professionally since he was 18. He began as a part-time sports writer at The Wichita Eagle before attending the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. He was awarded the William Randolph Hearst Award, the college version of the Pulitzer Prize. He also competed in the decathlon for the KU track team. After serving as a sports writer and editor for The Miami Herald, he returned to Kansas to edit outstanding weekly newspapers, earning numerous writing awards from the Kansas Press Association. Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is Grant’s first work of fiction. His second novel, Things We Put Away, will be released in 2014. In addition to writing full time, Grant leads Artist’s Way creative workshops, sits on the Board of Directors at Unity of Wichita, and sings in the ARISE gospel choir. Grant and his wife, Claire, reside in Wichita. He is the sole proprietor of Go Team Enterprises, an independent publishing company.