THRESHOLDS

Author Profiles

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We are now accepting submissions for our Author Profiles series.  Articles should be no more than 1500 words in length, written in the third-person, and include the following:

1) An objective tone;

2) Biographical information about the writer being profiled;

3) An overview of his or her career as a short story writer;

4) Critical acclaim;

5) References to style or other prominent features of the writer’s work;

6) Influences or impact that the writer has had on the literary community.

Please refer to our guidelines before submitting material for consideration.  Submissions should be sent to thresholds@chi.ac.uk with the subject ‘Author Profile Submission’.

Author Profile Archive:

Truman Capote — Ellie Piddington

Erskine Caldwell — Ellie Piddington

Angela Carter – at the Bath Literature Festival — Pauline Masurel

Raymond Carver - Paul Curd

Raymond Carver: Working For A Living — Sally O’Reilly

Anne Enright - Jane Hayward

F. Scott Fitzgerald — Jade Broughton

Ernest Hemingway — Loree Westron

O. Henry — Mike Smith

Etgar Keret — Shawna Vesco

Daniil Kharms — C.D. Rose

Barbara Kingsolver — Loree Westron

Haruki Murakami - Will Bowerman

Edna O’Brien: The Twinkle in Edna’s Eye — Mary Costello

Annie Proulx - Julie Singleton

Ali Smith — Emma Young

V. S. Pritchett — Mike Smith

Richard Yates — Alex Mair

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