Martin, Lee: -

Lee Martin is the author of the novels, The
Bright Forever, a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction; River
of Heaven; Quakertown; Break
the Skin; Late One Night, and Yours, Jean. A new memoir, Gone
the Hard Road, came out in
2021. His other memoirs are From Our House, Turning Bones, and Such a Life. He is also the author of two short story
collections, The Least You Need to Know, and The Mutual UFO Network. He is the co-editor of Passing the Word: Writers on Their Mentors
and the author of a craft book. Telling
Stories: The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life. His fiction and
nonfiction have appeared in such places as Harper's, Ms., Creative
Nonfiction, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, Fourth Genre, River Teeth, The
Southern Review, Prairie Schooner,
Glimmer Train, The Best
American Essays, and The Best
American Mystery Stories. He is the winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in
Short Fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the
Ohio Arts Council. He teaches in the MFA Program at The Ohio State University,
where he is a College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, and where
he was also the winner of the 2006 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.