About Evan
Evan is a writer, blogger, author, and a dad of two wild girls.
By day, he is a Senior Writer at Upworthy.
Before that, he spent three years as Lead Copywriter and Director of Content at Nebo, a digital marketing agency in Atlanta.
By night, he's very sleepy. But early in the morning? Also sleepy. Somewhere in there, though, he writes books.
Sweet gig, right?
His debut novel, DAD CAMP, was released in June 2024 by Dutton Books.
Stay in touch:
- BlueSky - I technically exist here but don't really post
- Instagram - Updates big and small, slice of life, etc.
- Email me - esporter113 at gmail dot com
Creative Writing (Fiction, Screenplays, Essays)
I've written a handful of feature film screenplays. Of note, my action thriller script called LATE won the Bronze prize at the 2011 PAGE Screenwriting Awards.
It was shopped around "town" for a while but currently sits gathering dust in an old Google Drive folder.
One of the coolest things I've ever done was spend a month or so doing contract writing for The Onion News Network — read all about that here.
I've written some cool essays and first-person stories. An experiment in answering "How are you?" honestly to strangers turned into an exploration of modern masculinity. A plane trip with my late father inspired a piece about life with Parkinson's Disease.
And I recently published my first novel, DAD CAMP — you can read all about how I wrote it, found representation, and ultimately landed a book deal here!
Other Writing
In a former life, I was a copywriter, content strategiest, content marketer, etc.
I've also done a ton of freelance writing gigs. Some ghostwriting, others with a byline.
You can see more samples of all of the different types of writing I've done at the link below.