Leslie Edgerton

Fiction Writer

Fort Wayne, IN
Indiana US
Email: 
butchedgerton@comcast.net

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Best American Mystery Stories (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
Books:
The Rapist (New Pulp Press, 2015)
,
The Bitch (New Pulp Press, 2014)
,
Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One and Never Lets Them Go (Writer's Digest Books, 2007)
,
Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing (Writer's Digest Books, 2003)
,
Monday's Meal (University of North Texas Press, 1997)
,
The Death of Tarpons (University of North Texas Press, 1996)
Journals:
Arkansas Review
,
Breeze
,
Flyway
,
High Plains Literary Review
,
Hopewell Review
,
Kansas Review
,
North American Review
,
South Carolina Review
Prizes won: 

Work has been nominated for: O. Henry Award, Pushcart Prize, Edgar Allan Poe Award (Short story category), Jesse Jones Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Violet Crown Book Award

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
British
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Odessa
Raised in: 
Freeport, TX
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Last update: Nov 30, 2016