Laurie Ann Doyle

Fiction Writer

Berkeley, CA
California US
Email: 
laurieanndoyle@gmail.com
Website: 
www.laurieanndoyle.com
Twitter/X: 
@ladoyleauthor.bsky.social

Author's Bio

I am winner of the Alligator Juniper National Fiction Award and have been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. My book of stories WORLD GONE MISSING won the Nautilus Fiction Silver Medal. My stories and essay appear in McSweeny's Alta Journal, The Rumpus, the Los Angeles Review and elsewhere. I'm a member of the Writers Grotto in San Francisco and co-founder of Babylon Salon, a long-running literary series in the city. I teach writing at UC Berkeley Extension, where I am an honored instrucotor. Find me online at www.laurieanndoyle.com.

Education: 
University of San Francisco MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Community of Writers
Lit Camp
Tin House Summer Workshop

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Speak and Speak Again (Regal House Publishing, 2017)
,
Road Story (KY Story, 2016)
,
Livingston Press Fiction Anthology (Livingston University Press, 2015)
Book:
World Gone Missing (Regal House Publishing, 2017)
Journals:
100 Word Story
,
Alligator Juniper
,
Arroyo Literary Review
,
Brilliant Flash Fiction
,
Dogwood
,
Fourth Genre
,
Jabberwock Review
,
Jerry Magazine
,
Los Angeles Review
,
Mary
,
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
,
Midway Journal
,
Quality Women's Fiction
,
Stone's Throw
,
Summerset Review
,
The Farallon Review
,
Timber
,
Under the Sun
,
Westchester Review
Prizes won: 

Winner, Alligator Juniper National Fiction Award; 2 Pushcart Prize Nominations; Shortlisted for New Letters Alexander Patterson Cappon Fiction Prize, Cutthroat Magazine Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award, and Southern Indiana Review Mary C. Mohr Editor’s Award.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
James Baldwin, Percival Everett, Lori Ostlund, Marilynne Robinson, Jesmyn Ward, Charles Yu
What I'm reading now: 
Colored Television by Danzy Senna, Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Bakersfiled, CA
California
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Last update: Feb 25, 2025