Louise Blum

Listed as:

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:

Corning, NY 14830

Email:

LouiseA.Blum@gmail.com

Bio:

I am a novelist, short story writer, essayist & kayaker currently working on a YA novel called about the ruinous effects of fracking on a small town in rural PA. I recently left a job teaching LGBT lit, protest lit, graphic novel, disaster lit, YA dystopian lit, & fiction writing to first generation college students at a small & severely resource-deprived state university in the not-very-education-friendly region of north central PA and now write full-time. I live in Corning, NY and have given readings & taught workshops across the country. My work has been nominated for a Pushcart & I’ve received residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, & at Norcroft.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Twitter:

@LouiseABlum

Born in:

Painesville, OH

Ohio

Raised in:

Chardon, OH

Ohio

Prizes won:

My memoir, YOU’RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE, ARE YOU?, was named an Honor Book by the LGBT Round Table of the ALA, and my first novel, AMNESTY, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Best Lesbian Fiction. My story "Killing My Father's Cat" (Cream City Review) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and selected for inclusion in Best American Essays.

Education:

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Agent/Agency name:

Steven Chudney

Writers Retreats:

MacDowell

Millay Colony

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any