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Fiction Writer

Riverside, CA

California US

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Author's Bio

William Luvaas's novels include THE SEDUCTIONS OF NATALIE BACH (Little, Brown) and GOING UNDER (Putnam)--reissued as ebooks by Foreverland Press. He has published two story collections, A WORKING MAN'S APOCRYPHA and ASHES RAIN DOWN: A Story Cycle, and over 50 stories in many publications, including Glimmer Train, American Fiction AnthologY, Antioch Review, The Sun, Thema, Texas Review, and The Village Voice. He has taught at UC, Riverside and San Diego State University and is online fiction editor for Cutthroat Mag.

Publications & Prizes

Book:

Ashes Rain Down: A Story Cycle (Spuyten Duyvil, 2013)

Prizes won:

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, first place in Glimmer Train's Fiction Open Contest (07-08), the Ledge Mag. Fiction Prize (2010) and Fiction Network's 2nd National Fiction Contest, 10 Pushcart Prize nominations and nominated for the Los Angeles Book Prize, The National Book Critics Circle Award, et. al.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Lives Like Loaded Guns by Lyndall Gordon, Atonement by Ian McEwan, Seized by Eve LaPlante

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Welsh American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Eugene

Raised in:

Oregon

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Last update: Apr 20, 2013