Lydia Peelle | |
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| Born | Lydia Child Peelle  31 August 1978 Boston |
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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]
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]
Peelle was named for her great-great-aunt, abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. She married musician and bandleader Ketch Secor [8] on November 3, 2001 in North Andover, Massachusetts. [9] They have two children, a daughter and a son. [10] Peelle lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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