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lizzie himmel©
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will allison was born in columbia, south carolina, and now lives with his wife and daughter
in south orange, new jersey. in between, he has
lived in charlotte, cleveland, columbus, cincinnati, indianapolis, and elsewhere; taught
creative writing at the ohio state university, butler university, and indiana university-purdue university at
indianapolis; and worked as executive editor of story, editor at large of zoetrope: all-story,
editor of novel & short story writer's market, and as a freelance editor and writer, ghostwriter,
busboy, room service waiter, clerical temp, landscaper, housemaid, process server, antique store salesperson, and baseball card dealer. he's also a regular staff
member at the community of writers at squaw valley. he received a b.a. in english and political science from case western reserve university as well as an m.a. in english and an m.f.a. in creative writing from ohio state.
he is the recipient of grants, fellowships, and scholarships from the indiana arts commission, arts council of indianapolis, ohio arts council, and the bread loaf writers' conference. his first novel, what you have left, was published in june 2007 by free press, an imprint of simon & schuster. he's currently at work on a second novel, also forthcoming from free press.
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