Sandra Gail Lambert

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Gainesville, FL
Florida US

Author's Bio

Sandra Gail Lambert writes fiction and memoir that is often about the body and its relationship to the natural world. She is a 2018 NEA Creative Writing Fellow. Lambert is the author of My Withered Legs and Other Essays and the memoir A Certain Loneliness both of which were Lambda Literary Award Finalists. She has written two novels—The Sacrifice Zone: An Environmental Thriller and The River's Memory. Her writings are widely anthologized and have been published by The New York Times, The Sun, Orion, Narratively, and The Millions. She is the co-editor of the anthology Older Queer Voices: The Intimacy of Survival.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
The Best of Brevity (Rose Metal Press, 2020)
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In Season: Stories of Discovery, Loss, Home, and Inbetween (University Press of Florida, 2018)
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Best Women's Travel Writing Volume 11 (Travelers' Tales, 2017)
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Something to Declare (University of Wisconsin Press, 2009)
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First Person Queer (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007)
Books:
My Withered Legs and Other Essays (The University of Georgia Press, 2025)
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A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2018)
Journals: ,
Arts & Letters
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Paris Review
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Sweet: A Literary Confection
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The New York Times
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Water~Stone Review

Fiction

Anthology:
Saints and Sinners: New Fiction from the Festival 2013 (Bold Strokes Books, 2013)
Book:
The River's Memory (Twisted Road Publications, 2014)
Journals:
Big Fiction Magazine
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Prizes won: 

2018 NEA Creative Writing Fellow

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Disabled, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
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Last update: Aug 27, 2025