Andrew Altschul

Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

Andrew Foster Altschul is the author of the novels The Gringa (2020), Lady Lazarus (2008), and Deus Ex Machina (2011). His work has appeared in Esquire, McSweeney's, Ploughshares, and other publications, and in anthologies including Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best New American Voices, and O. Henry Prize Stories. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford, he has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers Conferences, the Ucross Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. From 2009-2015 he directed the Center for Literary Arts at San Jose State University. Since 2012, he has been a Contributing Editor at Zyzzyva. He currently teaches at Colorado State University and lives in Fort Collins with his wife, Vauhini Vara, and their son.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Best American Nonrequired Reading (Mariner Books, 2014)
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California Prose Directory (Outpost19, 2013)
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O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 (Anchor Books, 2007)
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Best New American Voices 2006 (Harcourt, 2006)
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Stumbling and Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction (MacAdam/Cage, 2006)
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You Are Not Here and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction (Wisdom Publications, 2006)
Books:
The Gringa (Melville House, 2020)
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Deus Ex Machina (Counterpoint Press, 2011)
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Lady Lazarus (Harcourt, 2008)
Journals:
Esquire
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Fence
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McSweeney's
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Swink
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Prizes won: 

Wallace Stegner Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Resident Fellowship

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Englewood
Raised in: 
Upper Saddle River, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Feb 02, 2024