Lydia Peelle

Lydia Peelle is an American fiction writer.[1] 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.[2] 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[5]
    • "Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing," Originally published in One Story, Issue 87, January 2007[6]

References
  1. "Lydia Peelle". Phillips Exeter Academy. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  2. "Lydia Peelle". www.whiting.org. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  4. "5 Under 35 Fiction Selections for 2009, The National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  5. "Granta 102: The New Nature Writing". Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  6. "One Story – Stories [ Issue #87 ]". www.one-story.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
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