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lucia orth Literary fiction writer, essayist

lucia orth

Biography Currently living in Trento, Italy, and working on a second novel. First novel, Baby Jesus Pawn Shop, was published in November 2008 by The Permanent Press.

Upcoming Works

  • My novel BABY JESUS PAWN SHOP was published in November 2008 by The Permanent Press.

    An excerpt entitled "Departure" from my second novel (in progress) appeared in the Asia Literary Review, Winter 2008 (Hong Kong).

    I have an essay included in the new anthology BECAUSE I LOVE HER: 34 WOMEN WRITERS REFLECT ON THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOND, Andrea N. Richesin, editor. (April 2009) Other contributors include Joyce Maynard, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and Karen Joy Fowler.

Causes I Support

  • Amnesty International

    Bread for the World

     

University Affiliation

  • University of Notre Dame Law School, University of Missouri Dept. of English & Creative Writing

Publishers

  • The Permanent Press

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