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Peter Grandbois (April 3, 1964) is an American writer, editor, academic, fencer and fencing coach.
Peter Grandbois received a B.A. from the University of Colorado—Boulder (1986, cum laude ), an M.A. from the University of Colorado—Boulder (1991), an M.F.A. from Bennington College (2003), and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver (2006). He was an assistant professor at Sacramento State University for four years before taking a position at Denison University [1] in 2010 where he is currently a professor of creative writing and contemporary literature. He is the Poetry Editor for Boulevard magazine.
He is also the head coach of the Denison University Women's Fencing Team. [2] They compete in the Eastern Women's Fencing Conference as well as the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference.
Known for his work in all four genres, Grandbois is the author of four poetry collections, three novels, three novella collections or "double monster features," two memoirs, two collections of short stories, and several plays produced in New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Columbus. His poems, short stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including: Boulevard, The Denver Quarterly, The Gettysburg Review, The Kenyon Review, The Normal School, North Dakota Quarterly, and Prairie Schooner.
His first novel, The Gravedigger, has been translated into Polish and is currently under contract to be filmed in Mexico. [3]
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