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Bruce Ducker (born 1938) is a prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and poet. Born in Brooklyn, NY. Ducker was educated at Dartmouth and Columbia. He has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as ''
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''. His most recent books are his eighth novel, ''Dizzying Heights'' from Fulcrum, which was nominated for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor; and ''The Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions'', with illustrations by Western artist Duke Beardsley from Stackpole Books, which was runner-up for the Colorado Book Award. His novel ''Lead Us Not Into Penn Station'' has won the Colorado Book Award, and was runner-up for the American Library Association Best Book Award. His work has won praise including that of novelists James Salter and Warwick Downing, and humorist Dave Barry.


Bibliography

*''Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions'' (Stackpole Books, 2008) *''Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel'' (Fulcrum Books, 2008) *''Mooney in Flight'' (MacAdam/Cage, 2003) *''Bloodlines'' (Permanent Press, 2000) *''Lead Us Not Into Penn Station'' (Permanent Press, 1995) *''Marital Assets'' (Permanent Press, 1993) *''Bankroll'' (E. P. Dutton, 1989) *''Failure at the Mission Trust'' (Freundlich Books, 1986) *''Rule by Proxy'' (Crown, 1975)


See also

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Gordon Lish Gordon Lish (born February 11, 1934 in Hewlett, New York) is an American writer. As a literary editor, he championed many American authors, particularly Raymond Carver, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Rick Bass, and Richard Ford. He is the father of t ...
(Bruce Ducker is a former protégé of Lish)


References


External links


Ducker, Montgomery, Aronstein & Bess, P.C. website
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