Townsend Walker

Fiction Writer

San Francisco, CA
California US
Email: 
townsend@aperimus.com
Website: 
www.townsendwalker.com

Author's Bio

Townsend Walker draws inspiration from cemeteries, foreign places, violence and strong women.

A collection of short stories, 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies was published by Deeds Publishing in 2018. Winner of a Book Excellence Award, an Eyelands Award, a Silver Feathered Quill Award and a Pinnacle Award.

A novella, La Ronde was published by Truth Serum Press in 2015.

Some eighty-five short stories have been published in literary journals and included in twelve anthologies.

Four stories were performed at the New Short Fiction Series in Hollywood.

He is currently developing a screenplay based on La Ronde and a collection of stories based on the original collage works of the artist Beverly Mills.

 

Writers Retreats: 
Aspen Summer Words Writing Conference and Literary Festival

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Bartleby Snopes
,
Cantaraville
,
Danse Macabre
,
Dark Sky Magazine
,
Grey Sparrow Journal
,
Our Stories
,
Raving Dove
,
Static Movement
,
The Battered Suitcase
,
The Delinquent
Prizes won: 

3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies &other stories Winner of Book Excellence Award, Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Eyelands Book Award, Silver Feathered Quill, and Finalist in Short Story and Mystery/Suspense in 2018 International Book Awards.

"Holding Tight" and "A Little Love, A Little Shove" nominated for PEN/O.Henry Awards.

First prize: SLO Nightwriters Contest. Second place: "Our Stories" Gordon Contest

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, Afternoon of a Faun by James Ladsen, Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small, The Waves by Virginia Woolf, The White Book by Han Kang

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
Washington
Raised in: 
Hagerstown, MD
Maryland
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Last update: May 26, 2019