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Lydia Peelle


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Lydia Peelle is an American short story writer. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named her a 5 under 35 honoree.

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Lydia Peelle About Lydia Peelle

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Life

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She 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.

Awards

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  • 2006 O. Henry Award for "Mule Killers"
  • 2009 5 under 35 honoree
  • 2010 Whiting Award

    • Works

  • 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
  • "Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing," Originally published in One Story, Issue 87, January 2007

    • References

    Lydia Peelle Wikipedia
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