Lee Martin (writer)
Lee Martin is an American author. Born in Illinois, he lived on a farm ten miles from Sumner, which he regards as his home town.[1] He lived in Oak Forest, Illinois, and attended Kimberly Heights Elementary School, where his mother worked as a teacher, and Arbor Park Middle School from 1963 to 1969.[2] Martin was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006 for his novel The Bright Forever and has published five novels, three memoirs, two story collections, and a craft book. He teaches in Ohio State University's creative writing program and lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Cathy, and Stella the Cat.[3] He earned his B.A. at Eastern Illinois University, an MFA at the University of Arkansas and a PhD at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.[4][failed verification]
Books[edit]
- Traps (1989)
- The Least You Need to Know: Stories (1996)
- Quakertown (2002)
- Turning Bones (2003)
- The Bright Forever (2005)
- River of Heaven: A Novel (2009)
- From Our House: A Memoir (2009)
- Such a Life (American Lives) (2012)
- Break the Skin: A Novel (2012)
- Late One Night: A Novel (2016)
- Telling Stories (2017)
- The Mutual UFO Network (2018)
- Yours, Jean (2020)
- Gone the Hard Road (2021)
- The Glassmaker's Wife (2022)
References[edit]
- ^ Nostalgia and the Writer - Lee Martin Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ^ Martin, Lee. "Interrogating Memory". Lee Martin Author.
- ^ Profile at Penguin Random House
- ^ Profile at Ohio State University