Todd James Pierce

Fiction Writer, Poet

San Luis Obispo, CA
California US
Email: 
tjpierce@calpoly.edu
Website: 
www.toddjamespierce.com

Author's Bio

I'm a fiction writer and poet, who studied at UC Irvine (MFA) and Florida State University (PhD). I'm the author of two books of fiction (The Australia Stories and Newsworld), as well as the editor of many anthologies of short fiction and one textbook (Behind the Short Story). Presently I’m an associate professor at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obipso, California, where co-direct the creative writing program. My creative work has appeared in roughly 75 journals.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
Newsworld - Winner of the 2006 Drue Heinz Literature Prize (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006)
,
The Australia Stories (MacAdam/Cage, 2003)
Journals:
American Short Fiction
,
Chattahoochee Review
,
Cutbank
,
Fiction
,
Georgia Review
,
Greensboro Review
,
Indiana Review
,
The Literary Review
,
Mid-American Review
,
Missouri Review
,
New Orleans Review
,
New York Quarterly
,
North American Review
,
Northwest Review
,
StoryQuarterly
,
The Seattle Review
,
Willow Springs

Poetry

Journals:
Boulevard
,
Chattahoochee Review
,
Chelsea
,
Christian Science Monitor
,
Florida Review
,
Gettysburg Review
,
Hawaii Pacific Review
,
Indiana Review
,
Iowa Review
,
Laurel Review
,
The Malahat Review
,
New Orleans Review
,
North American Review
,
Poet Lore
,
Puerto del Sol
,
River City
,
Shenandoah
,
The Sun
,
The Seattle Review
Prizes won: 

Drue Heinz Literature Prize (for Newsworld)
Charles Angoff Award for Literary Excellence (for "Young Life, Made Easy")
Prairie Schooner Strousse Award (for poetry)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
CA
California
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Last update: Aug 06, 2018