Charles Prowell

Fiction Writer

Santa Rosa, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Charles Prowell and his three sisters were raised on a farm in Sydney, Illinois, with frequent escapes to their father’s heritage farm in southern Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University studying Architecture, Design, and Psychology. Upon graduation he promptly relocated to San Francisco and currently lives in Sonoma County, CA.   As the founder of Prowell Woodworks, inc, his articles, profiles and features have appeared in Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, This Old House, Woodwork, and Old House Journal, among others. His short fiction has appeared in San Francisco Focus, Real Fiction, Confrontations, The King’s English and Pushcart Prize nominations with Alaska Quarterly and Great River Review.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Possessing the Seasons (April Gloaming Publishing, 2025)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Michael Ondaatje, JL Carr, Joan Didion, Anita Bookner, Tolstoy, Paul Harding, J.M. Coetzee, Victor Hugo, Theodor Dreiser, etc etc
What I'm reading now: 
Anil's Ghost by Ondaatje, Chevengur by Ivan Platonov

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Santa Rosa, CA
California
Raised in: 
Champaign, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Jan 30, 2025