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Claire Guyton [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Lewiston, ME
Maine US
Email: 
claireguytonwriter@gmail.com
Bio: 

Claire Guyton is an award-winning writer, editor, and part-time librarian. Her short fiction has appeared in Crazyhorse, Mid-American Review, River Styx, Vestal Review, Atticus Review, and many other journals, and in the Maine anthology Summer Stories. She has been a Maine Arts Commission Literary Fellow and a finalist for the Maine Literary Awards, and her work has been nominated for Best Small Fictions. She's the co-founder and -organizer of the reading series Local Writers Read, and the co-founder, -editor, and -publisher of the online magazine Waterwheel Review. She's currently revising a linked story collection and researching a novel inspired by five women who lived in 1890s Central Maine. Sample her work at claireguyton.com.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Donald Barthelme, Aimee Bender, George Saunders, Amber Sparks, Sara Gran.
Born in: 
Raised in: 
Website: 
https://claireguyton.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Maine Arts Commission Literary Fellowship

Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing
What I'm reading now: 
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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