George Singleton
George Singleton is a Southern author who has written several collections of short stories and two novels. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. He graduated from Furman University in 1980 with a degree in Philosophy. He also holds an MFA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Currently, he teaches fiction writing and editing at the South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts & Humanities in Greenville, SC.[1] In 2009 Singleton was a Guggenheim Fellow,[2] and in 2011 he was awarded the Hillsdale Award for Fiction by The Fellowship of Southern Writers.[3] On March 7, 2011 it was announced that Dzanc Books would release Singleton's fifth book of short stories, Stray Decorum, in Fall 2013.[4]
[edit] Works
- These People Are Us: Stories, 2001
- The Half-Mammals of Dixie, 2002
- Why Dogs Chase Cars: Tales of a Beleaguered Boyhood, 2004
- Novel, 2005
- Drowning in Gruel, 2006
- Work Shirts For Madmen, 2007
- Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers, 2008[5]
- Stray Decorum (Expected in Fall 2013) [6]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "George Singleton, Writer". http://www.georgesingleton.com. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
- ^ "George Singleton - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". George Singleton. http://www.gf.org/fellows/16482-george-singleton. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Awards". Hillsdale Award for Fiction. http://thefsw.org/page/awards/. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Dzanc Books to Publish George Singleton". Stray Decorum. Dzanc Books. http://www.dzancbooks.org/blog/2011/3/7/dzanc-books-to-publish-george-singleton.html. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- ^ "Amazon.com". Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers. http://www.amazon.com/Pep-Talks-Warnings-Screeds-Indispensable/dp/1582975655.
- ^ "Dzanc Books to Publish George Singleton". Stray Decorum. Dzanc Books. http://www.dzancbooks.org/blog/2011/3/7/dzanc-books-to-publish-george-singleton.html. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
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