Ted Sanders (born 1969) is an American writer. He is the author of the short story collection No Animals We Could Name (Graywolf Press), which won the 2011 Bakeless Prize.[1][2][3][4] He is also the author of The Keepers, a fantasy series for middle-grade readers published by HarperCollins. The first book of the series, The Box and the Dragonfly, was published in March 2015.[5] The Harp and the Ravenvine was released in March 2016,[6] and The Portal and the Veil was published in September 2017.[7] The fourth and final book of the series, The Starlit Loom, was published in November 2018.[8]

Ted Sanders
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Notable awardsNational Endowment for the Arts fellowship
Bakeless Prize
Website
www.tedsanders.net

Life edit

In 2012, Sanders received a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[9] His short story "Obit" was included in the 2010 O. Henry Prize Stories anthology.[1] His short stories and essays have appeared in the Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Cincinnati Review, Southern Review, and elsewhere.[10]

A native of northern Illinois, Sanders is an assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he teaches creative writing.[11][12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Akins, Ellen (July 7, 2012). "SHORT STORIES: "No Animals We Could Name," by Ted Sanders". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Review of No Animals We Could Name". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  3. ^ "Briefly Noted: No Animials We Could Name". The New Yorker. September 24, 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ McCabe, Vinton Rafe. "No Animals We Could Name: Stories". New York Journal of Books. New York Journal of Books. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ^ "The Box and the Dragonfly: Review". Kirkus. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  6. ^ "The Keepers 2". HarperCollins US. HarperCollins. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. ^ Sanders, Ted. "The Keepers #3: The Portal and the Veil - Ted Sanders - Hardcover". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  8. ^ Sanders, Ted. "The Keepers #4: The Starlit Loom - Ted Sanders - Hardcover". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  9. ^ "National Endowment for the Arts".
  10. ^ "Ted Sanders". NEA. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  11. ^ Graham, Phillip (July 1, 2013). "Many Strange Depths: An Interview with Ted Sanders". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  12. ^ Urbana-Champaign, ATLAS, LAS, University of Illinois at. "New faculty bringing "tremendous". Retrieved 2018-04-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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