Will Allison
Will Allison | |
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| Born | October 22, 1968 Columbia, South Carolina |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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Will Allison is an American novelist and editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Long Drive Home (2011) and What You Have Left (2007).[1]
Personal life[]
Allison was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 1991 with a degree in English and political science, and then went on to Ohio State University to receive his MA in English and MFA in creative writing. Allison now lives with his wife and daughter in South Orange, New Jersey.
Career[]
Allison is a contributing editor for One Story magazine and has also served as the executive editor of Story and editor-at-large for Zoetrope: All-Story. He has taught creative writing at The Ohio State University, Butler University, and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. He is an adjunct assistant professor in Columbia University’s MFA creative writing program.
He has published short fiction in American Short Fiction, Atlanta Magazine, The Cincinnati Review, The Florida Review, Glimmer Train, The Kenyon Review, One Story, Shenandoah, Zoetrope: All-Story, and elsewhere.[2]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Will Allison". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Hillard, Holly. "Will Allison joins One Story as a Contributing Editor!". One-Story.
- 21st-century American novelists
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Case Western Reserve University alumni
- Ohio State University Graduate School alumni
- American male novelists
- Writers from Columbia, South Carolina
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from South Carolina