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Lynne Barrett is an American writer and editor, best known for her short stories.
Background
Born and raised in New Jersey, she received her B.A. in English Composition from Mount Holyoke College and M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. ...
Career Her story, “Elvis Lives,” was awarded the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers of America for Best Mystery Short Story and has been widely anthologized. “Beauty” won the Best Short Story Award at the Moondance International Film Festival in 2001. She has received an NEA (1991), and an artist's fellowship from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (2001-02). Her short stories have appeared in Redbook, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mondo Barbie (St. Martin's), Literature: Reading and Responding to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay (HarperCollins), Simply the Best Mysteries (Carroll & Graf), Irrepressible Appetites (Rock Press), Marilyn: Shades of Blonde (Forge) and many other magazines and anthologies. Recent stories have appeared in A Dixie Christmas (Algonquin Books, 2005) and Miami Noir (Akashic Books, 2006). The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ...
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For other uses, see Red Book. ...
Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine is a monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction. ...
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She wrote the libretto for the children's opera Cricketina. She has co-edited a collection of James M. Cain's nonfiction and Birth: A Literary Companion, an anthology of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction about becoming a parent. She founded Gulf Stream Magazine and went on to edit it from 1989-2002. She is founder and editor of FloridaBookReview.com and Professor of English at Florida International University where she teaches in the M.F.A. program in Creative Writing. James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. ...
Gulf Stream Magazine is a literary magazine published by the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. ...
Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university located in Miami, Florida, well-known for its architecture, business, engineering, hospitality management, and law programs. ...
Works - The Land of Go (short stories) (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1988)
- The Secret Names of Women (short stories) (Carnegie Mellon, 1999)
- Cricketina (Opera Libretto), with music composed by Dr. Kristine Burns, debuted at the FIU Music Festival, Nov. 15, 2003, Miami, FL
- The James M. Cain Cookbook, Guide to Home Singing, Physical Fitness and Animals (Especially Cats) (Carnegie Mellon 1988) ed. by Roy Hoopes and Lynne Barrett
- Birth: A Literary Companion (University of Iowa Press, 2002) ed by Kristin Kovacic and Lynne Barrett
Carnegie Mellon University Press is a publisher that is part of Carnegie Mellon University and is headquartered within the Carnegie Mellon College of Humanities and Social Sciences in Baker Hall. ...
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