Lydia Peelle

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Lydia Peelle
BornLydia Child Peelle  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
August 31, 1978  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Boston   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Occupation Short story writer, novelist, speechwriter, teacher   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Employer
Spouse(s) Ketch Secor   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Awards

Lydia Peelle is an American fiction writer. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named her a "5 under 35" Honoree.

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Career

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

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

Personal

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Lydia Peelle". www.whiting.org. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. "5 Under 35 Fiction Selections for 2009, The National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. "List of PEN/Hemingway Winners | The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  4. Staff, Weekly (March 19, 2012). "Lydia Peelle Named Winner of Anahid Literary Prize". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  5. THE O. HENRY PRIZE STORIES 2006 | Kirkus Reviews.
  6. "Granta 102: The New Nature Writing" . Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  7. "One Story – Stories [ Issue #87 ]". www.one-story.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  8. Ellin, Abby (November 11, 2001). "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Lydia Peelle and Ketch Secor". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  9. Ellin, Abby (November 11, 2001). "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Lydia Peelle and Ketch Secor". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  10. Woodward, Garret K. (April 1, 2023). "Old Crow Medicine Show's Singer Wants to Talk Gun Reform With State Leaders After Nashville Shooting". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 16, 2024.