Ted Sanders

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

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]

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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