Lydia Peelle

Lydia Peelle is an American fiction writer. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named her a "5 under 35" Honoree.

Life

Peelle was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Before her writing career, Peelle worked as a speechwriter for the Governor of Tennessee. She received a creative writing MFA from the University of Virginia. Her short fiction has appeared in Granta, Orion, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.[1] Peelle lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Awards

Works

  • The Midnight Cool. Harper Perennial. 2017. ISBN 978-0-06247-546-6.
  • Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing. Harper Perennial. 2009. ISBN 978-0-06172-473-2.
    • "Phantom Pain," Originally published in Granta 102: The New Nature Writing, Summer 2008[4]
    • "Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing," Originally published in One Story, Issue 87, January 2007[5]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/lydia-peelle#/
  2. ↑ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  3. ↑ "5 Under 35 Fiction Selections for 2009, The National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  4. ↑ https://granta.com/issues/granta-102-the-new-nature-writing/
  5. ↑ http://www.one-story.com/index.php?page=stories&story_id=87
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