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Pat Spears [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Tallahassee, FL
Florida US
Email: 
pfspears@patspears.com
Bio: 

Pat Spears’s second novel, It’s Not Like I Knew Her was released in July 2016 by Twisted Road Publications. Her debut novel, Dream Chaser, was released in 2014. She has twice received honorable mention in the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition; first in 2013 for her story “Stranger At My Door” and again in 2015 for her story “Free Ride”. Her short stories have appeared in numerous journals, including the North American Review, Appalachian Heritage, Seven Hills Review, and Sinister Wisdom, and anthologies titled Law and Disorder from Main Street Rag, Bridges and Borders from Jane’s Stories Press and Saints and Sinners: New Fiction from the Festival 2012, and Walking the Edge, a southern gothic anthology from Twisted Road Publications. Her short story “Whelping” was a finalist for the Rash Award and appears in the 2014 issue of Broad River Review. She is a sixth generation Floridian and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Colson Whitehead, Toni Morrison, Comac McCarthy, Annie Proulx, Dorothy Allison
Born in: 
Port St. Joe
Raised in: 
Port St. Joe, FL
Florida
Website: 
https://www.patspears.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Foreword Review Indie Book Award for "It's Not Like I Knew Her"

Education: 
Florida State University
What I'm reading now: 
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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