Peter LaSalle (born 1947) is an American short story writer and novelist.
He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1969, and the University of Chicago with an M.A. in 1972.
His books include the novels Mariposa's Song and Strange Sunlight, and the short story collections Tell Borges If You See Him , Hockey Sur Glace, The Graves of Famous Writers, What I Found Out About Her, and Sleeping Mask: Fictions. A collection of essays on literary travel, The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling, was published in 2015.
His fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Agni, Antioch Review, Paris Review, Tin House, New England Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Yale Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, and others. His essays, articles, and book reviews have appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Worldview, Commonweal, The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, and others.
He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Susan Taylor McDaniel Regents Professor in Creative Writing in the Department of English and a resident faculty member at the Michener Center for Writers.
Flannery O'Connor Award for Tell Borges If You See Him
Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction for What I Found Out About Her
The Antioch Review Award for Distinguished Prose
O. Henry Award
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
Sleeping Mask: Fictions. 2017. ISBN 978-1-942-65818-4.
The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling. 2015. ISBN 978-1-938-10320-9.
What I Found Out About Her: Stories of Dreaming Americans. 2014. ISBN 978-0-268-03392-7.
Mariposa's Song, a novel. 2012. ISBN 978-0-89672-743-4.
Tell Borges If You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8203-2998-7.
Hockey Sur Glace: Stories. 1996. ISBN 978-1-55821-505-4.
Strange Sunlight, a novel. 1984. ISBN 978-0-932012-87-6.
The Graves of Famous Writers, and Other Stories. 1980. ISBN 978-0-8262-0287-1.
Paul Theroux, Jason Wilson, eds. (2014). The Best American Travel Writing 2014. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Nancy Zafris, ed. (2013). Stories from the Flannery O'Connor Award: A 20th Anniversary Anthology (e-book). University of Georgia Press.
James Thomas, D. Seth Horton, eds. (2011). The Best of the West 2011: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. University of Texas Press. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Bill Buford, Jason Wilson, eds. (2010). The Best American Travel Writing 2010. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Gorge Pelecanos, Otto Penzler, eds. (2008). The Best American Mystery Stories 2008. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Peter Stine, Doug Hagley, eds. (2008). The Best of Witness 1987-2004. Michigan State University Press. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Jeff VanderMeer, Anne Vandermeer, eds. (2007). The Best American Fantasy 2007. Prime Books. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Don Graham, eds. (2007). Literary Austin. Texas Christian University Press. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Judith Taylor, Nickole Brown, eds. (2003). Airfare: Stories, Poems, and Essays on Flight. Sarabande Books. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). More Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press.
Don Graham, ed. (2003). Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande. W. W. Norton & Company.
Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press.
Kirby Gann, Kristin Herbert, eds. (2001). A Fine Excess: Contemporary Literature at Play. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-889330-51-8. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Bruce Emra, ed. (2001). Sports in Literature. Chicago: National Textbook Company.
Peter Stine, ed. (1995). Sports in America. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2557-5.
Jay Jennings, ed. (1995). Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game. Breakaway Books (Harcourt Brace, paper). ISBN 978-1-55821-378-4.
Alexander Blackburn, Kenneth Pellow, eds. (1993). Higher Elevations: A Writers Forum Anthology. Swallow/Ohio University Press. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
William Abrahams, ed. (1991). Prize Stories 1991: The O. Henry Awards. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-41513-2.
James Thomas, Denise Thomas, eds. (1991). The Best of the West 4: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-30793-1. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
George P. Garrett, Sheila McMillen, eds. (1990). Eric Clapton's Lover and Other Stories from the Virginia Quarterly Review. University of Virginia Press. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Don Graham, ed. (1986). South by Southwest: 24 Stories from Modern Texas. University of Texas Press.
Joyce Carol Oates, Shannon Ravenel, eds. (1979). The Best American Short Stories 1979. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
