Grace Andreacchi

Poet, Fiction Writer

London
United Kingdom
GB

Author's Bio

Grace Andreacchi is an American-born novelist, poet and playwright. Born in New York in 1954, she grew up in the Inwood section of upper Manhattan. She was educated at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula in the Bronx, and studied theatre with Stella Adler in New York. She went on to study philosophy at Hunter College, Harpur College at SUNY Binghamton and Bedford College London, where she was a recipient of the City University of New York fellowship for study abroad.

Works include the novels 'You Are There Behind My Eyelids Forever' and 'Scarabocchio' (Andromache Books),'Music for Glass Orchestra' (Serpent’s Tail), 'Give My Heart Ease'(New American Writing Award) and the poetry book 'Beauty Has a Thousand Faces'. Her work appears in Horizon Review, The Literateur, Cabinet des Fées and many other fine places. Grace is also managing editor at Andromache Books and writes the literary blog AMAZING GRACE. She lives in London.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
You Are There Behind My Eyelids Forever (Andromache Books, 2019)
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Poetry and Fear (Andromache Books, 2008)
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Scarabocchio (Andromache Books, 2008)
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Music for Glass Orchestra (Serpent's Tail Press, 1993)
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Give My Heart Ease (New American Writing Award) (Permanent Press, 1989)
Journals: ,
Eclectica
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Horizon Review
,
Scarecrow
,
Sein und Werden
,
Six Sentences

Poetry

Book:
Beauty Has a Thousand Faces (Andromache Books, 2024)
Chapbooks:
Little Poems for Children (Andromache Books, 2010)
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Berlin Elegies (Andromache Books, 2009)
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Two Hands Clapping (Andromache Books, 2009)
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Elysian Sonnets and Other Poems (Paris Press, 1990)
Journals:
Calapooya Collage
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From East to West
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Poetry Midwest
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Rhythm Poetry Magazine
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Thirteen Poetry Magazine
Prizes won: 

Best Short Fiction list for Talitha Cumi, Wigleaf Magazine, 2009, Best of the Net nomination for The First Stone, Eclectica Magazine, 2008 Honorary Fellow, the Rosenberg Foundation, for contribution to Violin Music in the Age of Shopping,1994 New American Writing Award for Give My Heart Ease, 1989

More Information

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
Greek American, Italian American, Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French, German, Italian
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Apr 07, 2024