Alexi Zentner

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Alexi Zentner
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Born (1973-08-29) August 29, 1973 (age 48)
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
OccupationShort story writer, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Alma materCornell University
Grinnell College

Alexi Zentner (born August 29, 1973 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian-American short story writer, and novelist.

Life[]

He graduated from Grinnell College with a BA[1] and Cornell University with an MFA.[2] He taught at Cornell University.[3][4][5] He's now on the faculty at Binghamton University.[6]

His fiction has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly,[7] Narrative Magazine (where it was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize).[8]

He lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two daughters.

Awards[]

His short story "Touch," originally published in Tin House is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite by author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.[9] Two of Alexi's short stories were also selected for "special mention" in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. "Trapline" was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize.

His debut novel was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[10]

Works[]

Novels[]

  • Copperhead (novel) (Penguin Random House, 2019) [11]
  • (W. W. Norton & Company, 2014)[12]
  • (W. W. Norton & Company, 2011)[13]

Short Fiction[]

Anthologies[]

  • Laura Furman, ed. (May 6, 2008). "Touch". The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008. Anchor. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-307-28034-3. Alexi Zentner.
  • Bill Henderson, ed. (December 10, 2007). Pushcart Prize XXXII. Pushcart Press. ISBN 978-1-888889-46-8.

Zentner also writes mysteries and horror novels under the pen name Ezekiel Boone.[14]

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