Leslie Edgerton

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing (Writer's Digest Books, 2003), Monday's Meal (University of North Texas Press, 1997), The Death of Tarpons (University of North Texas Press, 1996)

Anthologies:

Best American Mystery Stories (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)

Journals:

Arkansas Review, Breeze, Flyway, High Plains Literary Review, Hopewell Review, Kansas Review, North American Review, South Carolina Review

Prizes:

Work has been nominated for: O. Henry Award, Pushcart Prize, Edgar Allan Poe Award (Short story category), Jesse Jones Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Violet Crown Book Award

Personal Favorites

Favorite Books:

Anything by Raymond Carver "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

Favorite Authors:

Raymond Carver

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Listing last updated: June 9, 2011

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

British

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Odessa, TX

Raised in:

Freeport, TX

Agent:

Chip MacGregor