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Sean Madden [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Lincoln, CA
California US
Bio: 

Sean Madden works for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. He holds an MFA from the University of Kentucky and a BA from UC Berkeley. His stories, essays, and poems have appeared in nationally and internationally recognized literary and scholarly journals. He lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills with his wife and sons and is currently seeking representation for a story collection. He is also at work on a novel.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Marcel Proust, John Updike, Bernard Malamud, J.F. Powers, Flannery O'Connor, Richard Russo, John Cheever, Haruki Murakami, Claire Keegan, John Banville, Victor LaValle, Ron Hansen, Chaim Potok, Emma Donoghue.
Born in: 
San Diego, CA
California
Raised in: 
San Diego, CA
California
Website: 
https://www.seanmadden.org [2]
Prizes won: 
  • Pushcart Prize (Nominated by The Emerson Review for "Note for Inspector," 2022).
  • 52nd Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest (Finalist for "The Growing Terror of Nothing to Think About," 2019).
  • Luminaire Award for Best Prose (Finalist for “How the Lonesome Engine Drivers Pine,” The Coil, Alternating Current Press, 2018).
  • Fourth Annual Emerging Writers Prize (Co-recipient, The John Updike Review, 2017).
  • Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction (Finalist for “The Sister’s Inheritance,” 2014).
Education: 
University of Kentucky
What I'm reading now: 
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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