Darrell Spencer
Spencer in 2018
Spencer in 2018
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Utah (PhD)
Notable awardsFlannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (2000)
Drue Heinz Literature Prize (2004)

Darrell Spencer (born 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his short stories, which are widely published in literary journals and have been the recipients of several awards.[1]

Life

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah.

Spencer recently retired from teaching literature and creative writing at Ohio University. He has been praised by Michael Chabon for "[possessing] a remarkable ear for the cadence of everyday speech," and by The New York Times Book Review for his "writing [which] crackles with freshness and lucidity, featuring characters who slide into one another in random encounters and relationships."[2]

He currently teaches creative writing at Southern Utah University.

Awards

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Past winners of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  2. ^ Back-cover blurb from the cover of his novel One Mile Past Dangerous Curve (ISBN 0472114727); Amazon.com page
  3. ^ Flannery O'Connor Award Winners[dead link]
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