Tony Rogers

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
tonyrogers96@comcast.net
Website: 
tonyrogersauthor.com

Author's Bio

I have degrees from Harvard Law School and from Yale.  I've practiced law on Wall Street, been a member of the Washington, DC musicians union, driven a taxi, and run a veterans' hospital.

Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Literary agent: 
Dupree/Miller

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Fake Smiles, A Memoir (TidePool Press, 2016)
Journal:
Gettysburg Review

Fiction

Book:
The Execution of Richard Sturgis, As Told By His Son, Colin (winner of the Nielsen Prize for best first novel) (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2013)
Journals:
Boston Monthly
,
Flash Fiction Online
,
Four Quarters
,
Half Tones to Jubilee
,
Larcom Review
,
North Dakota Quarterly
,
Oak Square
,
Outerbridge
,
Painted Hills Review
,
Pleiades
,
The Teacher's Voice
,
THEMA
,
Wind
,
Wooster Review
,
Worcester Review
Prizes won: 

Nilsen Prize for a First Novel from the Southeast Missouri State University Press. Writer's Voice Capricorn Prize for a collection of short stories. First runner-up for the The Texas Review Press Novella Prize, and twice a finalist. Semifinalist in the Quarterly West novella competion. Honorable mention in Painted Hills Review fiction contest.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
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Last update: Jun 16, 2022