Alexi Zentner Explained

Alexi Zentner
Birth Date:	29 August 1973
Birth Place:	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:	Short story writer, novelist
Education:	Grinnell College (BA) Cornell University (MFA)

Alexi Zentner (born August 29, 1973 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian-American short story writer, and novelist.

Life

He graduated from Grinnell College with a BA^[1] and Cornell University with an MFA.^[2] He taught at Cornell University.^{[3] [4] [5]} He's now on the faculty at Binghamton University.^[6]

His fiction has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly,^[7] Narrative Magazine (where it was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize).^[8]

He lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two children.

Awards

His short story "Touch," originally published in Tin House is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite by author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.^[9] Two of Alexi's short stories were also selected for "special mention" in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. "Trapline" was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize.

His debut novel Touch was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize^[10] and shortlisted for the Governor General Award for English-language fiction.^[11]

Works

Novels

• Copperhead (novel) (Penguin Random House, 2019) ^[12]
• The Lobster Kings (W. W. Norton & Company, 2014)^[13]
• Touch (W. W. Norton & Company, 2011)^[14]

Short fiction

• "Touch", 2008
• "Trapline", Narrative Magazine, Fall 2008
• "Furlough", The Atlantic, August 2009

Anthologies

• Book: The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008. Laura Furman. Anchor . May 6, 2008. 978-0-307-28034-3 . registration. 319. Alexi Zentner.. Touch .
• Book: Pushcart Prize XXXII. Bill Henderson. Pushcart Press. December 10, 2007. 978-1-888889-46-8. registration.

Zentner also writes mysteries and horror novels under the pen name Ezekiel Boone.^[15]

External links

• Alexi Zentner

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alexi Zentner - Our Faculty - English, General Literature and Rhetoric | Binghamton University.
2. Web site: Wooooord! C.U. MFAs. 2 October 2008.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-05-17 . 2010-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100611152750/http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/_lib/pdf/crse_fa08_undr.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Wooooord! C.U. MFAs. 2 October 2008.
5. Web site: Ezra Magazine Cover story.
6. Web site: Alexi Zentner - Our Faculty - English, General Literature and Rhetoric | Binghamton University.
7. Web site: Alexi Zentner. The Atlantic.
8. News: Author's Web Site. 2009-10-03. 2009-10-03.
9. News: Author Spotlight. 2009-10-03. 2009-10-03.
10. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/the-giller-prize/dewitt-edugyan-ondaatje-and-vanderhaege-among-17-on-giller-long-list/article2154599/ "DeWitt, Edugyan, Ondaatje and Vanderhaege among 17 on Giller long list"
11. https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists
12. Web site: Copperhead by Alexi Zentner PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190624171346/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602720/copperhead-by-alexi-zentner/9781984877284/. 2019-06-24.
13. Book: 978-0393089578. The Lobster Kings: A Novel. Zentner. Alexi. 27 May 2014.
14. Book: 978-0393079876. Touch: A Novel. Zentner. Alexi. 4 April 2011.
15. Web site: Meet Harpur's horror master - Binghamton News.