Official Website - Steve Hermanos
GOING, GOING, GONE!
BEST BOOKS OF the year!
(kirkus reviews)
“RIVETING...LYRICAL…READERS WILL STICK WITH THIS RIOTOUS PAGE-TURNER TO THE LAST OUT.”
—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
“A GREAT NOVEL...YOU START READING IT AND YOU DON'T PUT IT DOWN.”
—Marty Lurie, KNBR - 104.5 FM, San Francisco
“FUNNY, IMAGINATIVE, AND THRILLING.”
—Zack Hample, author, Watching Baseball Smarter
“HERMANOS KNOWS THE THRILLS OF BEING A MAJOR LEAUGE BASEBALL PLAYER.”
—Buddy Biancalana, MLB player; Founder, Zone Motion
STEVE's Story
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Steve grew up swatting baseballs and making spectacular catches on the rocks and broken glass that constituted the baseball fields of New York City, playing in every borough. He co-owned the Polo Grounds sports bar, managed a sketch comedy group, worked for Vanity Fair magazine, and graduated with an M.F.A. in Film from Columbia University.
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After moving to San Francisco in the early 2000s, he wrote a sports column for the San Francisco Marina Times.
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His writing has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, Barbaric Yawp, Centralbooking, The Dirty Goat, Lullwater Review, The MacGuffin, The American Book Review, The New York Journal of Books, Spitball, Mobius, and SoMa Literary Review.
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He authored three highly-praised books of baseball poetry, collected in O, Gigantic Victory Trilogy!
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He's been profiled by The New York Times and other publications, and been a frequent guest on sports radio, podcasts, and NPR affiliates.
Steve won honors from the Lorian Hemingway Fiction Writing Contest, and was a finalist for the William Faulkner award.
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A winning, kind, and funny Little League coach, Steve and his family live in Sausalito, California.
TESTIMONIALS
“THIS TALE KEPT ME IN ITS GRIPS...OTHER MAJOR LEAGUERS WILL ENJOY THE HECK OUT OF IT!”
BUDDY BIANCALANA
Shortstop, Kansas City Royals
Founder, Zone Motion
Books By Steve hermanos
Going, Going, Gone!
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Four years to write and six more to be published, the most exciting baseball novel ever.
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Kirkus Reviews
Starred Review
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Booklife
Editor's Pick
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Strange Jazz
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A fast-paced, funny, beautiful novel about three brothers from a dying Kansas farming town, who move to New York City, where one brother's greed tears the family apart.
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"One of the best New York City novels."
—Voitech Jasny, filmmaker
O, Gigantic Victory Trilogy!
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San Francisco Giants fans: capturing the glory of the 2010, 2012 & 2014 championship seasons in funny, observant, precise, and profound poetry. Giants fans love it.
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"Brilliant and hilarious!"
—Brian Murphy, KNBR Sports
2025 Predictions:
San Francisco Giants: 78 - 84 (massive inferiority complex re: Dodgers)
XOaklandKCPhilly Athletics: 74 - 88 (in Sacramento, plastic seats burn butts in August)
New York Yankees: 92 - 70 (Juan Soto dominates tabloids; Yanks pile up wins)
Story of the year: comparing the Dodgers to the dynasty teams.
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