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]
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References
  1. "Lydia Peelle". www.whiting.org. Retrieved Jun 19, 2020.
  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. "Granta 102: The New Nature Writing". Retrieved Jun 19, 2020.
  5. "One Story - Stories [ Issue #87 ]". www.one-story.com. Retrieved Jun 19, 2020.
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