Lydia Peelle
BornBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Virginia (MFA)
GenreFiction
Notable awardsO. Henry Award (2006)
Whiting Award (2010)

Lydia Peelle is an American fiction writer.[1] 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.[2] 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[5]
    • "Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing," Originally published in One Story, Issue 87, January 2007[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lydia Peelle". Phillips Exeter Academy. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Lydia Peelle". www.whiting.org. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ "5 Under 35 Fiction Selections for 2009, The National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Granta 102: The New Nature Writing". Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ "One Story – Stories [ Issue #87 ]". www.one-story.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
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