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Laurie Lynn Drummond

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born

July 20, 1956 in Bryan, Texas, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.lauriedrummond.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

influences

Tim O'Brien, Annie Dilliard, Andre Dubus, Susan Straight, Richard Baus...more

member since

December 2007

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Laurie's short story collection, Anything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You (HarperCollins 2004) was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and won the Jesse James Award in Fiction for Best Book from the Texas Institute of Letters, as well as the Violet Crown Award in Fiction from the Writers' League of Texas. A story from the collection, "Something About a Scar," won an Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Laurie's stories and essays have been published in Story, Southern Review, Fiction, Black Warrior Review, New Virginia Review, Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Brevity, and River Teeth, among others.

She is working on a novel, Memories of the Living, also for HarperCollins, and a book-length memoir, Losin...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 71 ratings · 18 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You: Stories 4.12 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You: Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Anata Ni Furi Na Shōko To Shite 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Anata Ni Furi Na Shōko To Shite 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Best of LSU Fiction by Nolde Alexius (Editor), Judy Kahn (Editor), Andrei Codrescu 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Eventide

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by Andre Dubus III

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Laurie marked as to-read: The Horizontal World: Growing Up in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir by Debra Marquart	My rating:
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Laurie marked as to-read: Ghostbread by Sonja Livingston (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Laurie is currently reading: Eventide by Kent Haruf	My rating:
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Laurie gave to: The Passage (The Passage #1) by Justin Cronin	My rating:
For a well-written, suspenseful, character-driven novel that combines the post-apocalyptic genre, the vampire genre, and the quest genre with well-rounded characters and literary techniques. A fabulous summer read.
Aug 02, 2011 02:54pm · see review
Laurie gave to: House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home by Mark Richard	My rating:
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Laurie gave to: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett	My rating:
I wish I could give this 4.5 stars. Bel Canto is still her best novel, but this was a wonderful, fascinating, and suspenseful read. Extraordinary use of details and setting. I was very willing to suspend disbelief to follow these characters. The endi...more
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Laurie gave to: The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Laurie gave to: Things that Fall from the Sky by Kevin Brockmeier	My rating:
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