Toni Graham
Toni Graham | |
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| Born | Toni Avila 1945 San Francisco |
| Occupation | Fiction writer, professor, editor The Cimarron Review |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable awards | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction |
Toni Graham (born 1945) is an American fiction writer. She is a professor of English at Oklahoma State University; she also serves as editor and fiction editor for The Cimarron Review.
Biography[edit]
Graham earned an MFA in fiction writing from San Francisco State University.[1] She has taught fiction writing at Oklahoma State University since 2000 and is Professor of English/Creative Writing.[2] She has served as editor for the Cimarron Review since 2011 and as fiction editor from 2000 to the present.
Before being appointed to the faculty at Oklahoma State University, Graham taught creative writing at a number of California universities, including University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; University of California, Santa Cruz; and Chico State.
Books[edit]
- The Suicide Club: Stories, University of Georgia Press, (2015) ISBN 978-0820348506[3]
- Waiting for Elvis, Leapfrog Press, (2005) ISBN 978-0972898447[4][5]
- The Daiquiri Girls, University of Massachusetts Press, (1998) ISBN 978-1558491670[6][7][8]
Awards[edit]
- Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, 2016[9]
- Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, 2014, for The Suicide Club.[10]
- John Gardner Book Award, 2006, for Waiting for Elvis[11]
- Grace Paley Award for Short Fiction, 1997, for The Daiquiri Girls[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Alumni in a Publishing Flurry: Memoir, Young Adult Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry". San Francisco State University. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Estes, Phil. "Toni Graham". Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Suicide Club by Toni Graham". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Waiting for Elvis by Toni Graham". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "WAITING FOR ELVIS by Toni Graham". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Stephanie Zacharek. "The Daiquiri Girls". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Daiquiri Girls -Awp by Toni Graham". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "THE DAIQUIRI GIRLS by Toni Graham". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Regents Distinguished Teaching Award". Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Sharp, Amanda (9 October 2014). "University of Georgia Press announces Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction winners". University of Georgia Press. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "John Gardner Fiction Book Award - Binghamton University". Binghamton University. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction". UMass Amherst. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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