Janet Peery, Professor, Creative Writing

M.F.A. Wichita State University B.A. Wichita State University 5012 Batten Arts & Letters 757-683-4023 jpeery <AT> odu.edu

State Council of Higher Education Outstanding Faculty Award Winner
University Professor

Teaching

Creative Writing (Fiction)

Narrative Form and Theory

Graduate Fiction Workshops

Enjoying Literature

Research Areas

Creative Writing (Fiction)

Narrative Form and Theory

Recent Publications

Short Stories appearing in Southern Review, Shenandoah, Kenyon Review, Quarterly West, Black Warrior Review, Chattahoochee Review, Kansas Quarterly, Southwest Review, Oklahoma Today, New Virginia Review, 64 Magazine, American Short Fiction, and others.

What the Thunder Said, St. Martin's Press, 2007

The River Beyond the World, Picador/St. Martin's, 1996

Alligator Dance, SMU Press, 1993

Honors and Awards

Best American Short Stories, 1993

Pushcart Prize XVI & XVII, Best of the Pushcart Prize

NEA Fellowship, 1992

Whiting Writers Award, 1993

Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, l994

National Book Award Finalist for Fiction, 1996

Guggenheim Fellowship, 1998

Writer's Digest Magazine's 25 Fiction Writers to Watch in the Next Decade, 2000

Book Reviews for the L.A. Times and the Washington Post