{"title":"Korby Lenker","description":"\u003cp\u003eKORBY LENKER is a folk and Americana singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and author who has released eight studio albums. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMedium Hero: And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLenker has won first place at the Kerrville New Folk competition, MerleFest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Competition, and the 2016 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriters Showcase. \u003cem\u003eMedium Hero\u003c\/em\u003e received praise from National Book Award-winning author Tim O'Brien and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Lenker co-wrote and starred in the 2023 TV pilot Morse Code. His work spans folk and Americana traditions rooted in more than two decades of songwriting and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKorby lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKorby Lenker’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"medium-hero-and-other-stories","title":"Medium Hero: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInside this book are stories about insects, piano teachers, talking birds, dead birds, ex-convicts, suicide attempts, tarot cards, and bible verses. Some of the stories happened to Korby and some of them he just made up. It doesn't really matter which are which.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUp to this point in his life, he has been a professional singer-songwriter, traveling around by himself, playing songs for small audiences, selling CDs out of a suitcase. Occasionally there have been moments where the light shined particularly bright, but mostly it's just been him and a guitar, making music in living rooms and clubs and the occasional concert hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe has met a lot of people, most of whom leaned like him toward the fringe side of the social spectrum. He's written some of them into stories hunched over a laptop in the backseat of a touring van, or in the lobby of a Best Western, or on the cracked vinyl couch of a rock club's green room, poking a keyboard with a pair of sweaty pointer fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd then when he was seven he fell in love with the Ramona Quimby books, and then it was the Great Brain books, and then the Roald Dahl. Most of his best friends have been characters from stories he's read. He's always been drawn to fiction because it tells you the truth you need to know. And the truth he needs to know is that, despite considerable advances in science and industry, the world is still a big fat piece of magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1681625075\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781681625072\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Korby Lenker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40540288024763,"sku":"9781681623740","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40540288057531,"sku":"9781681625072","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781681625072_FC_mockup_v2_1623717485_2145d53b-56b2-4ab7-8a5c-f87fb9d992b7.jpg?v=1790968364"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-korby-lenker.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}