Beth Lordan Mailing Address: Department of English Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL. 62901-4503 County: Jackson E-mail: crwr@siu.edu Phone: work: 618-453-6849 home: 618-529-4516 Genre: Fiction

Periodical Publications:

• "Penumbra" was published in The Atlantic in February 2002.
• "Digging" (short story), The Atlantic Monthly, Sept 2001
• "From Mutton Island" (short story), The Atlantic Monthly, Jan 2000
• "The Man with the Lap Dog" (short story), The Atlantic Monthly, Feb 1999 (2nd place, O Henry Prize Stories, 2000)
• "The Snake" (short story), The Gettysburg Review, Autumn 1997
• Other stories, essays, and reviews in such periodicals as Farmer's Market, Sycamore Review, Georgetown Review, The Atlantic Monthly, Chicago Tribune, etc.

Book Publications:

• And Both Shall Row (novella and short stories), Picador USA, 1998 (New York Times Notable Book, 1998)
• August Heat (novel), Harper Row, 1989

Forthcoming Publications:

• But Come Ye Back, a novel in stories, William Morrow, fall 2003.

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• "Digging," which was published in The Atlantic in July 2001, has been chosen for Best American Short Stories.
• O. Henry Prize (2000)
• Illinois Arts Council Fiction Fellowship (2)
• Illinois Arts Council Literary Award
• New York Times Notable Book (1998)
• National Endowment of the Arts Fiction Fellowship
• New York State Council on the Arts Fiction Fellowship

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• O. Henry Celebration, Free Library, Philadelphia, 2000
• O. Henry Celebration, Brookline, MA, 2000
• Eastern Illinois University, 2000
• Grassroots Benefit Reading, Southern Illinois University, 1999
• Summer Writers' Festival, Emory University, Atlanta, 1999
• University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, 1999
• Others

Recent Workshops:

• Writers Live at the Library Workshop, Carbondale Public Library, 1998, 1999, 2000
• Lincoln Trail Writers' Workshop, Lincoln Trail Community College, Robinson, IL, 2000
• New England Writers' Workshop, Simmons College, Boston, MA, 1998
• Meacham Writers' Conference Workshop, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1997

Present Employment:

Preferred Audience:

• Adults

Willing to travel:

• yes, throughout state