Peter Grandbois

Peter Grandbois (April 3, 1964) is an American writer, editor, academic, and fencing coach

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Peter Grandbois
Born (1964-04-03) April 3, 1964
Minneapolis, MN
OccupationWriter
NationalityUnited States
Website
www.petergrandbois.com

Biography

Peter Grandbois received a B.A. from the University of Colorado—Boulder (1986, cum laude), an MA from the University of Colorado—Boulder (1991), an MFA from Bennington College (2003), and a PhD from the University of Denver (2006). He was an assistant professor at Sacramento State University for four years before taking a position at Denison University[1] in 2010 where he is currently a professor of creative writing and contemporary literature. He is the Poetry Editor for Boulevard magazine.

He is also the head coach of the Denison University Fencing Team.[2] They compete in the Midwest Fencing Conference.

Writing

Known for his work in all four genres, Grandbois is the author of three novels, two memoirs, a collection of short stories, three novella collections or "double monster features," two poetry collections, and several plays produced in New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Columbus. His poems, short stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including: Boulevard, The Denver Quarterly, Failbetter,[3] Gargoyle, The Gettysburg Review, The Kenyon Review, The Mississippi Review-Online,[4] Necessary Fiction,[5] Post Road, New Orleans Review, The Normal School, North Dakota Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Rain Taxi, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Word Riot,[6] and Zone 3.

His first novel, The Gravedigger, has been translated into Polish and is currently under contract to be filmed in Mexico.[7]

Awards
  • Finalist for the 2019 Foreword INDIES in the category of Best Multicultural Fiction for half-burnt[8]
  • Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2019 for "Pain," which first appeared in Broad Street[9]
  • Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2018 for "Passion," which first appeared in Mount Hope[10]
  • Honorable Mention for the 2017 Foreword INDIES in the Poetry category for This House That[11]
  • Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2017 for "Honor," which first appeared in the North Dakota Quarterly.[12]
  • The Woman Who Was Me, nominated for five New York Innovative Theatre Awards, including: Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, 2017[13]
  • Winner of the Brighthorse Books Poetry Prize, 2016 for This House That[14]
  • Silver Medal for the 2015 Foreword IndieFab Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)[15] in the Fantasy category for The Girl on the Swing and At Night in Crumbling Voices[16]
  • Ohio Arts Council Award, 2015
  • Honorable Mention in Best American Horror, volume 7, ed. by Ellen Datlow, for "The Stability of Large Systems," 2015[17]
  • Honorable Mention for the 2014 Foreword IndieFab Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)[15] in the Fantasy category for The Glob Who Girdled Granville and The Secret Lives of Actors[18]
  • Winner of the Neil Labute New Theatre Festival, St. Louis, 2013, for "Present Tense" (Co-written with Nancy Bell)
  • Finalist for the 2013 Foreword Book of the Year Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)[19][15] in the Short Stories category for Domestic Disturbances[20]
  • Gold Medal for the 2011 Foreword Book of the Year Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)[19][15] in the Literary Fiction category for Nahoonkara[21]
  • Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2011 for "Driving to Puerto Rico," which first appeared in The Potomac Review.[22]
  • Honorable Mention, the Pushcart Prize 2007 for "All or Nothing at the Faberge," which first appeared in Post Road.
  • Selected for the Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writer's Program" in 2006 for The Gravedigger.[23]

Bibliography

Novels
  • The Gravedigger (Chronicle books, 2006)
  • Nahoonkara (Etruscan Press, 2011)
  • half-burnt (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019)

Novella collections

Memoir

Short story collections

Poetry
  • This House That (Brighthorse Books, 2017)
  • The Three-Legged World--published as Triptych with books by the poets James McCorkle and Robert Miltner (Etruscan Press, 2020)

Plays
  • Mutual Consent--cowritten with Nancy Bell (California Repertory Theatre, Long Beach, CA, 2016[24]
  • The Woman Who Was Me (New York, United Solo Theatre Festival, 2014;[25] United Solo Theatre Festival, 2015,[26] Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2016,[27] and Theatre Lab, New York: 2017 [28])
  • "Present Tense"—a One Act—cowritten with Nancy Bell (St. Louis Actor's Studio, Neil Labute Festival, 2013;[29] The Best of the Neil Labute New Theatre Festival, 59E59 Theatre in New York, 2016[30])

Translations
  • San Juan: Memoir of a City, by Edgardo Rodriguez Julia (University of Wisconsin, 2007)
gollark: <@319753218592866315> Did the "signature" actually work?
gollark: Oh, I accidentally forgot to guess.
gollark: I published all the results to the journal of osmarks research™.
gollark: Suuuure.
gollark: I was going to but for the rule about it having to be possible to implement.

References
  1. "DENISON UNIVERSITY FACULTY WEB PAGE". Denison University. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  2. https://denisonfencing.org/coach/
  3. "FAILBETTER MAGAZINE". Failbetter. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  4. "BLIP MAGAZINE ARCHIVES". BLIP Magazine. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  5. "NECESSARY FICTION". Necessary Fiction. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  6. "WORD RIOT". Word Riot. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  7. "MERTIN LITERARY AGENCY". Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  8. 2019 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Best Multicultural Fiction |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2019/multicultural/
  9. https://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Essays-2019-%C2%AE/dp/1328465802?ref_=ast_slp_dp/
  10. https://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Essays-2018-%C2%AE/dp/0544817346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1537540070&sr=1-1&keywords=best+american+essays+2018/
  11. "2017 Foreword INDIES Winners in Poetry (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  12. https://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Essays-2017-%C2%AE/dp/0544817338/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506817916&sr=1-1&keywords=best+american+essays+2017
  13. http://broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Nominees-Announced-for-the-2017-Innovative-Theatre-Awards-Full-List-20170726
  14. https://www.brighthorsebooks.com/news-and-events
  15. "Foreword Book of the Year Submission Open". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  16. "2015 Foreword INDIES Winners in Fantasy (Adult Fiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  17. https://ellendatlow.com/2015/09/21/full-rec-list-best-horror-of-the-year-volume-seven-a-l/
  18. "2014 Foreword INDIES Winners in Fantasy (Adult Fiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  19. "Foreword Reviews reboots for consumers". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  20. "2013 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Short Stories (Adult Fiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  21. "2011 Foreword INDIES Winners in Literary (Adult Fiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  22. "BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS NOTABLE ESSAYS 2011". Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  23. "BARNES AND NOBLE DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS". Barnes and Noble. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  24. http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/55166-2/
  25. http://unitedsolo.org/us/2014-thewomanwhowasme/
  26. http://unitedsolo.org/us/thewoman-2015/
  27. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-woman-who-was-me-tickets-21067048108
  28. http://theaterlabnyc.com/events/the-woman-who-was-me-2/
  29. http://stlas.org/seasons/season-6/labute-new-theater-festival-2013/
  30. http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=230
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