Lydia Peelle
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BornLydia Child Peelle 
August 31, 1978
August 31, 1978
OccupationShort story writer, novelist, speechwriter, teacher
Employer
Lydia Peelle | |
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| Born | Lydia Child Peelle August 31, 1978 |
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| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist, speechwriter, teacher |
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| Spouse(s) | Ketch Secor |
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Lydia Peelle is an American fiction writer. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named her a "5 under 35" Honoree.
Before her writing career, Peelle worked as a speechwriter for Governor Phil Bredesen 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]
Awards
- 2009 National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree for fiction[2]
- 2010 Whiting Award for Fiction[1]
- 2010 PEN/Hemingway Award runner-up[3]
- 2012 Anahid Literary Prize for emerging Armenian-American writers[4]
The short story “Mule Killers” was published in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006 as judged by Kevin Brockmeier, Francine Prose, and Colm Tóibín, and edited by Laura Furman.[5]
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.