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Will Allison

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October 22, 1968 in Columbia, South Carolina, The United States

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http://www.willallison.com

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Literature & Fiction

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I was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and now live with my wife and daughter in South Orange, New Jersey. In between, I've lived in Charlotte, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and elsewhere; taught creative writing at The Ohio State University, Butler University, and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis; and worked as executive editor of Story, editor at large of Zoetrope: All-Story, editor of Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, and as a freelance editor and writer. I've also been on staff at the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. I received a BA in English and political science from Case Western Reserve University as well as an MA in English and an MFA in creative writing from Ohio State. I'm the gra...more

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Average rating: 3.16 · 1,489 ratings · 394 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Long Drive Home 3.16 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	My rating:
	What You Have Left 3.18 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Glimmer Train Stories, #61, Winter 2007 by Jake Hawkes, Annie Dawid (Goodreads Author), Will Allison (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:

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Quotes by Will Allison

“In a flashback, we hear Holly's mother summing up her life in a conversation with her husband, Wylie: "My life is one big mistake," she said. "No, it's not," he said. "It's a series of small mistakes.”
― Will Allison

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What do you want to read for STB's March, 2012 Book of the Month??

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

16 votes, 29.6%

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson

11 votes, 20.4%

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

7 votes, 13.0%

Outside the Lines by Amy Hatvany

6 votes, 11.1%

The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris

The Anatomist's Apprentice (A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery #1)

6 votes, 11.1%

All That I Am: A Novel by Anna Funder

5 votes, 9.3%

Long Drive Home by Will Allison

1 vote, 1.9%

Dragon House by John Shors

1 vote, 1.9%

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama

1 vote, 1.9%

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