Lawrence Coates

Fiction Writer

Bowling Green, OH

Ohio US

Email:

coatesl@bgsu.edu

Website:

www.lawrencecoates.com

Twitter/X:

@LawrenceWCoates

Author's Bio

Lawrence Coates has published five books of fiction, most recently a novel, "The Goodbye House," and a novella, "Camp Olvido." He teaches Creative Writing at Bowling Green State University.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Camp Olvido (Miami University Press, 2015)

The Goodbye House (University of Nevada Press, 2015)

The Garden of the World (University of Nevada Press, 2012)

The Master of Monterey (University of Nevada Press, 2003)

The Blossom Festival (University of Nevada Press, 1999)

Journals:

Blue Mesa Review

Connecticut Review

Contemporary Satire

Greensboro Review

Long Story

Missouri Review

Santa Clara Review

Toyon Literary Magazine

Writers' Forum

Prizes won:

National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in Fiction. Western States Book Award in Fiction. Selected for the Barnes and Noble 'Discover Great New Writers' program. Miami University Novella Prize. The Barthelme Prize in Short Prose. Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award. Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Prize for the Novella.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Veterans

Fluent in:

French, Spanish

Born in:

Berkeley

Raised in:

El Cerrito, CA

California

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Last update: Aug 02, 2021