Scott Sanders (novelist)
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| Born | 1945 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Occupation | Professor, novelist and essayist |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Ecology & conservation, personal essay |
| Notable award(s) | John Burroughs Natural History Essay Award (2000) Lannan Literary Award (1995) |
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Scott Russell Sanders (born 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American novelist and essayist.
Sanders has won acclaim for his skill as a personal essayist. He is a contributing editor to Audubon magazine and won the John Burroughs Natural History Essay Award in 2000. A frequent public lecturer, his essay "The Force of Spirit," which opens his 2000 book of essays by the same title, was first given as a lecture before the Orion Society's Millennium Conference in 1999. The essay later appeared in the Best American Essays 2000 and was the fourth essay of Sanders' to appear in the Best American series. He received the Lannan Literary Award in 1995 for his non-fiction writing and has received the Frederick Bachman Lieber Award for Distinguished Teaching, the highest teaching award given at IU.
Sanders is a distinguished professor of English at Indiana University, where he has taught since 1971. During his career, he has spent sabbatical years as a writer-in-residence at Phillips Exeter Academy, and as a Visiting Professor at University of Oregon, MIT, and Beloit College . He is married with two children, Eva and Jesse, both of whom he addresses in letters included in The Force of Spirit.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Fiction
[edit] Novels
- Terrarium (1985) ISBN 0253329566
- Bad Man Ballad (1986) ISBN 0027782301
- The Engineer of Beasts (1986) ISBN 0531057836
- The Invisible Company (1989) ISBN 0812553829
[edit] Short Story Collections
- Wilderness Plots (1983) ISBN 9781590981801
- Fetching the Dead (1984)
[edit] Creative non-fiction/essays
- “Scott: Towards a Social Theory of Literature”. Telos 18 (Winter 1973-74). New York: Telos Press.
- The Paradise of Bombs (1987) ISBN 0820309036
- In Limestone Country (1991)
- Secrets of the Universe: Scenes from the Journey Home (1991) ISBN 0807063304
- Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World (1993) ISBN 0807063401
- Writing from the Center (1995) ISBN 0253329418
- Hunting for Hope: A Father's Journeys (1998) ISBN 080706324X
- The Country of Language (1999) ISBN 1571312293
- The Force of Spirit (2000) ISBN 0807062987
- A Private History of Awe (2006) ISBN 9780865476936
- A Conservationist Manifesto (2009) ISBN 0253220807
[edit] Children's books
- Hear the Wind Blow (1985) ISBN 9780027781373
- Aurora Means Dawn (1989) ISBN 9781590984277
- Warm as Wool (1992) ISBN 9781590984215
- Here Comes the Mystery Man (1993) ISBN 9780027781458
- Floating House (1995) ISBN 9781590984253
- Meeting Trees (1996) ISBN 0792241401
- A Place Called Freedom (1997) ISBN 9780689804700
- Crawdad Creek (1999) ISBN 9780792270973
