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'''Peter Grandbois''' (born April 3, 1964) is an American writer, editor, academic, fencer and fencing coach.
== Biography ==
Peter Grandbois received a B.A. from the University of Colorado—Boulder (1986, ''cum laude''), an M.A. from the University of Colorado—Boulder (1991), an M.F.A. from Bennington College (2003), and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver (2006). He was an assistant professor at Sacramento State University for four years before taking a position at Denison University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denison.edu/academics/departments/english/peter_grandbois.html| title=DENISON UNIVERSITY FACULTY WEB PAGE|publisher=Denison University| access-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref> in 2010 where he is currently a professor of creative writing and contemporary literature. He is the Poetry Editor for [http://www.boulevardmagazine.org/ ''Boulevard''] magazine.
He is also the head coach of the Denison University Men's and Women's Fencing Teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://denisonbigred.com/sports/womens-fencing/roster/coaches/peter-grandbois/349|title = Peter Grandbois - Head Fencing Coach - Women's Fencing Coaches}}</ref> They compete in the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference.
== Writing ==
Known for his work in all four genres, Grandbois is the author of five poetry collections, three novels, four novella collections or "double monster features," two memoirs, two collections of short stories, and several plays produced in New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Columbus. His poems, short stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including: ''Boulevard, The Denver Quarterly, The Gettysburg Review, The Kenyon Review, The Normal School, North Dakota Quarterly, and Prairie Schooner.''
==Awards==
*Winner of the 2020 Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press for ''Last Night I Aged a Hundred Years''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashlandpoetrypress.com/blog/2020/08/14/app-announces-2020-snyder-prize-winner|title = APP Announces 2020 Snyder Prize Winner - Ashland Poetry Press}}</ref> *Finalist for the 2019 Foreword INDIES in the category of Best Multicultural Fiction for ''half-burnt''<ref>2019 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Best Multicultural Fiction |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2019/multicultural/</ref> *Notable Essay in ''The Best American Essays 2019'' for "Pain," which first appeared in ''Broad Street''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1328465801|title = The Best American Essays 2019|last1 = Solnit|first1 = Rebecca|last2 = Atwan|first2 = Robert|date = October 2019| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }}</ref> *Notable Essay in ''The Best American Essays 2018'' for "Passion," which first appeared in ''Mount Hope''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-0544817340|title = The Best American Essays 2018|last1 = Als|first1 = Hilton|last2 = Atwan|first2 = Robert|date = October 2, 2018| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }}</ref> *Honorable Mention for the 2017 Foreword INDIES in the Poetry category for ''This House That''<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Foreword INDIES Winners in Poetry (Adult Nonfiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2017/poetry/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> *Notable Essay in ''The Best American Essays 2017'' for "Honor," which first appeared in the ''North Dakota Quarterly.''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-0544817333|title=The Best American Essays 2017|last1=Jamison|first1=Leslie|last2=Atwan|first2=Robert|date=October 3, 2017|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }}</ref> *The Woman Who Was Me, nominated for five New York Innovative Theatre Awards, including: Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Nominees-Announced-for-the-2017-Innovative-Theatre-Awards-Full-List-20170726|title=Nominees Announced for the 2017 Innovative Theatre Awards; Full List!}}</ref> *Winner of the Brighthorse Books Poetry Prize, 2016 for ''This House That''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brighthorsebooks.com/news-and-events|title=NEWS}}</ref> *Silver Medal for the 2015 Foreword IndieFab Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)<ref name="indiefab_to_indies">{{cite web |title=Foreword Book of the Year Submission Open |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/marketing/issue/985209/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref> in the Fantasy category for ''The Girl on the Swing and At Night in Crumbling Voices''<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Foreword INDIES Winners in Fantasy (Adult Fiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2015/fantasy/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> *Ohio Arts Council Award, 2015 *Honorable Mention in ''Best American Horror'', volume 7, ed. by Ellen Datlow, for "The Stability of Large Systems," 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ellendatlow.com/2015/09/21/full-rec-list-best-horror-of-the-year-volume-seven-a-l/|title=Full rec list Best Horror of the Year volume Seven (A-l)|date=September 21, 2015}}</ref> *Honorable Mention for the 2014 Foreword IndieFab Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)<ref name="indiefab_to_indies" /> in the Fantasy category for ''The Glob Who Girdled Granville and The Secret Lives of Actors''<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Foreword INDIES Winners in Fantasy (Adult Fiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2014/fantasy/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> *Winner of the Neil Labute New Theatre Festival, St. Louis, 2013, for "Present Tense" (Co-written with Nancy Bell) *Finalist for the 2013 Foreword Book of the Year Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)<ref name="botya_to_indiefab">{{cite web |title=Foreword Reviews reboots for consumers |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/rebranding2014/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="indiefab_to_indies" /> in the Short Stories category for ''Domestic Disturbances''<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Short Stories (Adult Fiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2013/short-stories/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * Gold Medal for the 2011 Foreword Book of the Year Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES)<ref name="botya_to_indiefab" /><ref name="indiefab_to_indies" /> in the Literary Fiction category for ''Nahoonkara''<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 Foreword INDIES Winners in Literary (Adult Fiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2011/literary/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * Notable Essay in ''The Best American Essays 2011'' for "Driving to Puerto Rico," which first appeared in ''The Potomac Review.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/hmh/bestamerican/essaysbookdetails| title=BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS NOTABLE ESSAYS 2011|publisher=Houghton Mifflin| access-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref> * Honorable Mention, the ''Pushcart Prize 2007'' for "All or Nothing at the Faberge," which first appeared in ''Post Road.'' * Selected for the Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writer's Program" in 2006 for ''The Gravedigger.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gravedigger-peter-grandbois/1100312473?ean=9780811870702| title=BARNES AND NOBLE DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS|publisher=Barnes and Noble| access-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Poetry=== * ''This House That ''([http://www.brighthorsebooks.com Brighthorse Books], 2017) * ''The Three-Legged World''—published as Triptych with books by the poets James McCorkle and Robert Miltner ([https://etruscanpress.org/shop/triptych-the-three-legged-world-in-time-and-orpheus-echo-by-peter-grandbois-james-mccorkle-and-robert-miltner/ Etruscan Press], 2020) * ''everything has become birds'' ([https://www.amazon.com/everything-become-birds-Peter-Grandbois-ebook/dp/B093DYRN8N/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=everything+has+become+birds&qid=1619363962&s=books&sr=1-1 Brighthorse Books], 2021) * ''Last Night I Aged a Hundred Years ''([https://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-Aged-Hundred-Years/dp/0912592931/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=last+night+I+aged+a+hundred+years&qid=1619363713&s=books&sr=1-1 Ashland Poetry Press], 2021) * ''Story of a Pilgrim'' ([https://www.tigerbarkpress.com/catalog/p/grandbois Tiger Bark Press], 2026)
===Novels===
* ''The Gravedigger'' (Chronicle books, 2006) * ''Nahoonkara'' (Etruscan Press, 2011) * ''half-burnt'' (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019)
===Novella collections===
* ''Wait Your Turn and The Stability of Large Systems'' ([http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com Wordcraft of Oregon], 2014) * ''The Glob Who Girdled Granville and The Secret Lives of Actors'' ([http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com Wordcraft of Oregon], 2014) * ''The Girl on the Swing and At Night in Crumbling Voices'' ([http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com Wordcraft of Oregon], 2015) * ''Cat People and Dream Memories of the Fifty Foot Woman'' ([https://spuytenduyvil.net/Cat-People.html Spuyten Duyvil], 2025)
===Memoir===
* ''The Arsenic Lobster: A Hybrid Memoir'' ([http://www.spuytenduyvil.net Spuyten Duyvil], 2009) * ''Kissing the Lobster'' ([http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/kissing-the-lobster.html Spuyten Duyvil, 2018])
===Short story collections=== * ''Domestic Disturbances ''({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081011063549/http://subitopress.org/ Subito Press]}}, 2013) * ''Domestic Bestiary ''([https://www.spuytenduyvil.net Spuyten Duyvil], 2023)
===Plays===
* ''Mutual Consent''--cowritten with Nancy Bell (California Repertory Theatre, Long Beach, CA, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/55166-2/ |title=CSULB's California Repertory Company Presents World Premiere of Mutual Consent |website=www.everythinglongbeach.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204080430/http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/55166-2/ |archive-date=2016-02-04}} </ref> * ''The Woman Who Was Me'' (New York, United Solo Theatre Festival, 2014;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unitedsolo.org/us/2014-thewomanwhowasme/ |title=United Solo » The Woman Who Was Me |website=unitedsolo.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003230008/http://unitedsolo.org/us/2014-thewomanwhowasme/ |archive-date=2016-10-03}} </ref> United Solo Theatre Festival, 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unitedsolo.org/us/thewoman-2015/ |title=United Solo » The Woman Who Was Me |website=unitedsolo.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922233507/http://unitedsolo.org/us/thewoman-2015/ |archive-date=2015-09-22}} </ref> Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-woman-who-was-me-tickets-21067048108|title=The Woman Who Was Me}}</ref> and Theatre Lab, New York: 2017 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://theaterlabnyc.com/events/the-woman-who-was-me-2/ |title=The Woman Who Was Me {{!}} Theaterlab, New York, NY |website=theaterlabnyc.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063142/http://www.theaterlabnyc.com/events/the-woman-who-was-me-2/ |archive-date=2017-04-12}} </ref>) * "Present Tense"—a One Act—cowritten with Nancy Bell (St. Louis Actor's Studio, Neil Labute Festival, 2013;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlas.org/seasons/season-6/labute-new-theater-festival-2013/ |title=Labute New Theater Festival 2013 « |website=stlas.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426023654/http://stlas.org/seasons/season-6/labute-new-theater-festival-2013/ |archive-date=2016-04-26}} </ref> The Best of the Neil Labute New Theatre Festival, 59E59 Theatre in New York, 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=230|title = Shows}}</ref>) * "The Call"—a One Act—cowritten with Nancy Bell (MadLab: Columbus, OH 2013;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://madlab.net/MadLab/tr2013.html|title=Tr2013}}</ref>
===Translations===
* ''San Juan: Memoir of a City'', by Edgardo Rodriguez Julia (University of Wisconsin, 2007)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://midwestgothic.com/2015/07/interview-peter-grandbois/ Interview (2015) with Peter Grandbois in ''Midwestern Gothic''] *[http://penmenreview.com/spotlight/penmen-profile-peter-grandbois/ Interview (2016) with Peter Grandbois in ''The Penmen Review'' of Southern New Hampshire University] *[http://aszym.blogspot.com/2017/05/i-interview-playwrights-part-941-peter.html Interview (2017) Playwright interview with Adam Szymkowicz] *[http://hollywoodsoapbox.com/?p=17489/ Interview (2017) Hollywood Soapbox Interview] *[https://medium.com/bethel-editing/writing-is-not-just-for-dead-geniuses-82b026a057/ Interview (2018) with Deanna Benyo] *[https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/on-the-fencing-strip-margot-singer-interviews-peter-grandbois/ Interview (2018) Los Angeles Review of Books Interview with Margot Singer]
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