Molly Giles (born in 1942) is an American

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, and professor at the

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. She formerly taught at

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. She is the author of ''Creek Walk and Other Stories'' () published in 1997 and the novels ''The Home for Unwed Husbands'' () published in 2023 and ''Iron Shoes'' () published in 2000. Her story collection ''Rough Translations'' won the

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor. Established in 1983 to encourage young writers by bringi ...

. In 2020, her short story collection ''Wife With Knife'' won the Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize Contest and in 2022, the short story from that collection, "Bad Dog" won a

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She also appears in Sudden Fiction (Continued), ''Sudden Fiction (Continued) (60 New Short-Short Stories)''. Her short stories have been translated into Spanish.

Awards

* Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction * Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize 2020 * Pushcart Prize 2022

References

External links

Official website
1942 births Living people American women writers Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction winners 21st-century American women {{US-writer-stub