Lee Martin (writer) explained

Lee Martin is an American author. Born in Illinois, he lived on a farm ten miles from Sumner, which he regards as his home town.^[1] He lived in Oak Forest, Illinois, and attended Kimberly Heights Elementary School, where his mother worked as a teacher, and Arbor Park Middle School from 1963 to 1969.^[2] Martin was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006 for his novel The Bright Forever and has published five novels, three memoirs, two story collections, and a craft book. He teaches in Ohio State University's creative writing program and lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Cathy, and Stella the Cat.^[3] He earned his B.A. at Eastern Illinois University, an MFA at the University of Arkansas and a PhD at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.^[4]

Books

• Traps (1989)
• The Least You Need to Know: Stories (1996)
• Quakertown (2002)
• Turning Bones (2003)
• The Bright Forever (2005)
• River of Heaven: A Novel (2009)
• From Our House: A Memoir (2009)
• Such a Life (American Lives) (2012)
• Break the Skin: A Novel (2012)
• Late One Night: A Novel (2016)
• Telling Stories (2017)
• The Mutual UFO Network (2018)
• Yours, Jean (2020)
• Gone the Hard Road (2021)
• The Glassmaker's Wife (2022)

External links

• http://www.leemartinauthor.com

Notes and References

1. http://leemartinauthor.com/2011/08/nostalgia-and-the-writer/ Nostalgia and the Writer - Lee Martin
2. Web site: Martin . Lee . Interrogating Memory . Lee Martin Author.
3. http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/60314/lee-martin Profile at Penguin Random House
4. https://english.osu.edu/people/martin.1199 Profile at Ohio State University