Patricia Grace King

Author's Bio

Patricia Grace King grew up in North Carolina and spent years in Guatemala and Spain. She now lives in the Printers Row neighborhood of Chicago with her husband, David Janzen, and teaches at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She holds a PhD in English from Emory University and is an MFA candidate at the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Patricia is at work on a linked story collection, Gringos in Paradise.

Publications and Prizes

Chapbooks:

Rubia (The Florida Review Publications, 2012), The Death of Carrie Bradshaw (Kore Press, 2012)

Journals:

Nimrod, Santa Fe Writers Project

Prizes:

Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award, Kore Press Short Fiction Award, Pushcart Prize nomination, Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grant

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Listing last updated: November 30, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

Spanish

Raised in:

Hickory, NC