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M. Allen Cunningham Novelist & Short Story Writer

M. Allen Cunningham

Biography M Allen Cunningham's debut novel The Green Age of Asher Witherow, set in 19th-century Northern California, was shortlisted for the 2005 Booksense Book of the Year Award alongside Marilynne Robinson's Gilead and Philip Roth's The Plot Against America. The Salt Lake Tribune named The Green Age one of six "Best Books of the West" in 2004. Lost Son, Cunningham's second novel, is a fantasia on the life and work of Rainer Maria Rilke, and was named one of the Top Ten Books of 2007 by The Oregonian. Cunningham's numerous short stories have appeared in The Kenyon Review, Glimmer Train, Alaska Quarterly Review and other distinguished literary magazines, and have been featured in live performance by the New Short Fiction Series of Beverly Hills. The recipient of a 2007 Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission, Cunningham lives in Portland, OR. He has recently completed a collection of short fiction, a feature screenplay adaptation of his story "The Best Man," and is at work on his third novel.

Upcoming Works

  • A Short Story Collection (seeking publisher)

    A Third Novel (title tbd)

Relationship

  • Married

Causes I Support

  • Project Second Chance
    Save Mount Diablo

Publishers

  • Unbridled Books

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