Printable view of Andrew Geyer

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Public address:

Aiken, SC

South Carolina US

Email:

ageyer@usca.edu

Bio:

Andrew Geyer's latest individually authored book is the story cycle Lesser Mountains (Lamar UP 2019), which won a silver IPPY for Best Regional Fiction, US South. His debut story cycle Whispers in Dust and Bone (Texas Tech UP 2003) won a silver INDIE for Short Fiction Book of the Year. His short stories have received two Spur Awards for Short Fiction from the Western Writers of America. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters and the South Carolina Academy of Authors Literary Hall of Fame, he currently serves as Professor and Chair of English at the University of South Carolina-Aiken.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Ernest Hemingway, Kate Chopin, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson

Born in:

Austin, TX

Texas

Raised in:

Frio County, TX

Texas

Website:

https://andrewgeyer.org [2]

Prizes won:

Scholarly Achievement Award, University of South Carolina Aiken, 2021. Independent Publisher Book Award for US South, Best Regional Fiction, Silver Medal, 2020. South Carolina Academy of Authors Literary Hall of Fame, 2020. Texas Bound Reading Series, Arts & Letters Live, Dallas Museum of Art, Featured Fiction Writer, 2019. G.L. Toole Chair in English, University of South Carolina-Aiken, 2016. Spur Award for Short Fiction, Western Writers of America, Winner, 2015. Texas Bound Reading Series, Arts & Letters Live, Dallas Museum of Art, Featured Fiction Writer, 2015. Scholarly Activity Award, University of South Carolina-Aiken, 2014. Bridgestone/Firestone Chair, University of South Carolina-Aiken, 2013. Gary Wilson Award for Short Fiction, 2011. Batchelor Emerging Writers Series, Barton College, Featured Fiction Writer, 2010. 1st Annual Short Story Competition, Angelo State University Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton, Winner, 2008. Spur Award for Best Short Fiction, Western Writers of America, Winner, 2004. Foreword Magazine Short Fiction Book of the Year, Silver Medal, 2003. Free Times Colossal Short Story Contest, 1st place, 1999. South Carolina Fiction Project, Winner, 1992. South Carolina Fiction Project, Winner, 1990.

What I'm reading now:

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell

Prefers to work with:

Any