Paula W. Peterson is an American
short story writer.
Life
She graduated from
Brandeis University
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and from the
University of Michigan
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with an M.A. in English Literature.
Her short fiction has appeared in ''Carolina Quarterly'', ''Greensboro Review'', ''Alligator Juniper'', ''Iowa Review'', ''Nimrod''.
Peterson currently lives and writes in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
, where she is involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy work.
Awards
*2000 Bakeless Literary Publication Prize for Nonfiction
*2006
Dana Award
The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels. It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.''Poets & Writers'', September/October 200 ...
*Bakeless Prize collection, for "Prognosis Guarded"
* Pushcart Prize.
Works
"Shelter", ''Prairie Schooner'', Spring 2008*
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Anthologies
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References
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American short story writers
Brandeis University alumni
University of Michigan alumni
Living people
American HIV/AIDS activists
People with HIV/AIDS
Year of birth missing (living people)