Lydia Peelle
Lydia Peelle is an American fiction writer. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named her a "5 under 35" Honoree.Life
Peelle was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Before her writing career, Peelle worked as a speechwriter for the Governor of Tennessee. She received a creative writing MFA from the University of Virginia. Her short fiction has appeared in Granta, Orion, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. Peelle lives in Nashville, Tennessee.Awards
- 2006 O. Henry Award for "Mule Killers"
- 2009 National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree for fiction
- 2010 Whiting Award for Fiction
Works
- The Midnight Cool. Harper Perennial. 2017..
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- *"Phantom Pain," Originally published in Granta 102: The New Nature Writing, Summer 2008
- *"Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing," Originally published in One Story, Issue 87, January 2007
