Lydia Peelle

American fiction writer

University of Virginia
Phillips Exeter Academy
Cornell University

OccupationShort story writer, novelist, speechwriter, teacher

Employer

Southern New Hampshire University (2012–)

Spouse(s)Ketch Secor

Awards

National Book Foundation (short story collection, 2009)
Whiting Awards (short story collection, 2010)

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 and was named for her great-great-aunt, abolitionist Lydia Maria Child.^[2] 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.^[3] Peelle lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Awards

2009 National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree for fiction^[4]
2010 Whiting Award for Fiction^[3]
2010 PEN/Hemingway Award runner-up^[5]
2012 Anahid Literary Prize for emerging Armenian-American writers^[6]

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.^[7]

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^[8]
- "Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing," Originally published in One Story, Issue 87, January 2007^[9]

References

^ "Lydia Peelle". Phillips Exeter Academy. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ Ellin, Abby (November 11, 2001). "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Lydia Peelle and Ketch Secor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Lydia Peelle". www.whiting.org. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "5 Under 35 Fiction Selections for 2009, The National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
^ "List of PEN/Hemingway Winners | The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
^ Staff, Weekly (March 19, 2012). "Lydia Peelle Named Winner of Anahid Literary Prize". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
^ THE O. HENRY PRIZE STORIES 2006 | Kirkus Reviews.
^ "Granta 102: The New Nature Writing". Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "One Story – Stories [ Issue #87 ]". www.one-story.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.