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Leesa Cross-Smith

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Leesa loves baseball and hippie music. She is the author of WHISKEY & RIBBONS (Hub City Press, 2018) and EVERY KISS A WAR (Mojave River Press, 2014). She is co-founder/editor of a literary magazine called WhiskeyPaper. She is represented by Kerry D'Agostino of Curtis Brown Ltd.
Prizes Won: 
2011 Carve Magazine, Raymond Carver Short Story Contest Editor’s Choice. storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story of 2011. 2012 Flannery O'Connor Short Fiction Award Finalist. 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award Semifinalist. 2014 Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions. 2015 Best Small Fictions, Queen's Ferry Press.
Private E-mail: 
kentuckywoodsmoke@gmail.com
Kentucky
Born in (Country): 
United States
Raised in (Country): 
United States
Raised in (State): 
Kentucky
First Name: 
Leesa
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Last Name: 
Cross-Smith
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Are you interested in giving readings?: 
Yes
Are you willing to travel to give readings?: 
Yes
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Fiction Writer
Application Accepted: 
Application Accepted
E-mail: 
LeesaCrossSmith@gmail.com [1]
Website: 
LeesaCrossSmith.com [2]
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Recording: Russian Women Stuff [3]
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Word Riot
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Interview: In This Room Where We Practice Dying Every Night [4]
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Little Fiction
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Review: And It Can Never Be Too Dark or Too Bright [5]
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Short Story Reader
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Interview: Leesa Cross-Smith [6]
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That Lit Site
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Literary Orphans: Tavern Lantern
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Interview: Leesa Cross-Smith [7]
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Links
[1] mailto:LeesaCrossSmith@gmail.com [2] http://LeesaCrossSmith.com [3] http://www.wordriot.org/archives/3612 [4] http://www.littlefiction.com/beta/LeesaCrossSmithInterview.html [5] https://www.pw.org/2012/03/on-and-it-can-never-be-too-dark-or-too.html [6] http://thatlitsite.com/post/79372542331/interview-with-leesa-cross-smith [7] http://literaryorphans.org/ttl/write-tough-conversation-leesa-cross-smith/