Leslie Pietrzyk is an American author who has three traditionally published novels, ''Pears on a Willow Tree'', ''A Year and a Day,'' and ''Silver Girl''. Her historical novel, ''Reversing the River'', set in Chicago on the first day of 1900, was serialized on the literary app, ''Great Jones Street.''

Career

Her short fiction has appeared in '' The Gettysburg Review'', ''

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'', '' New England Review'', ''The Sun'', ''Ploughshares,'' ''River Styx,'' ''The Washington Post Journal,'' '' TriQuarterly'', and '' Shenandoah''. She holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

and an M.F.A. in creative writing from

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. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and teaches in the Masters in Writing program at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

as well as the Low-Res MFA program at

Converse College Converse University is a private university in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was established in 1889 by a group of Spartanburg residents and named after textile pioneer Dexter Edgar Converse. It was originally a women's college but now admits ...

in Spartanburg,

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. Pietrzyk is also the founder and editor of ''Redux'', an online journal featuring previously published work.

Awards and honors

* Her short story collection, ''This Angel on My Chest.,'' won the 2015 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. * Other awards include residencies to Hawthornden Castle, the Wolff Cottage in Fairhope (AL), Writer in Residence at ARGS, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, and The Hambidge Center. * Short story awards include the Jeanne Charpiot Goodheart Prize for Fiction from ''Shenandoah'' and the Chris O’Malley Fiction Prize from ''Madison Review.''

Works

* ''Pears on a Willow Tree'', New York, NY Bard 1998. , *''A Year and a Day: a Novel'', New York : William Morrow, 2003. , * ''This Angel on My Chest : stories'', Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015. , * ''Silver Girl'', Los Angeles, CA: Unnamed Press, 2018. ,

References

External links

Official website

Redux Literary Journal
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