Lauren Becker

Fiction Writer

San Diego, CA

California US

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Author's Bio

Lauren Becker is founder and editor of Corium Magazine. She is the author of If I Would Leave Myself Behind, a collection of short fiction published by Curbside Splendor Publishing in 2014. Her fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared in venues including: Tin House (online); American Short Fiction (online); Juked; The Los Angeles Review; The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Previously, she founded and ran East Bay on the Brain, a reading series in Oakland, California. She is a seasoned reader and volunteers currently with So Say We All, a literary organization in San DIego, California.

Publications & Prizes

Book:

If I Would Leave Myself Behind (Curbside Splendor Publishing, 2018)

Chapbook:

Skip, Patch, Eye, Brownie, Chalk (bannock street books, 2009)

Journals:

Annalemma

Atticus Review

Dark Sky Magazine

Decomp

Hobart

Juked

Keyhole Magazine

Kill Author

Los Angeles Review

Mud Luscious

Opium Magazine

Pank

Pear Noir!

The Pedestal Magazine

Pindeldyboz

Storyglossia

The Northville Review

Wigleaf

Prizes won:

Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2014
Best Small Fictions of 2015
American Short Fiction 2013 Camera Flash Contest - 1st runner up
PANK 2011 1001 Awesome Words contest- 1st runner up
Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions longlist: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Best Small Fictions of 2015 and 2016 Finalist

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Syosset

Raised in:

Denver, CO

Colorado

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Last update: Aug 19, 2016