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E. Kristin Anderson

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E. Kristin Anderson grew up in Westbrook, Maine and is a graduate of Connecticut College. She has a fancy diploma that says “B.A. in Classics,” which makes her sound smart but has not helped her get any jobs in Ancient Rome. Once upon a time she worked for The New Yorker magazine, but she decided being a grown up just wasn’t for her. Currently living in Austin, Texas, Ms. Anderson is an assistant editor at Hunger Mountain for their YA and Children's section. With her pal Miranda Kenneally, Ms. Anderson is the co-editor of the upcoming DEAR TEEN ME anthology (Zest Books, 2012), based on the website of the same name. As a poet she has been published worldwide in around two dozen literary journals from the indie-queen Fuselit, to the prestigio...more

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Short Story Month: Guest Post from Steve Watkins: The DON’Ts of writing short stories

Southern Methodist University Press, September 2006.

I could tell you about how writing short stories saved my life, how writing short stories is the best revenge on those who’ve done you wrong, how maddening and time-consuming it is to write short stories that work, how I can write half a novel in the time it takes me to craft a good short story, how I once wrote a story called “Bocky Bocky” w...

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	Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves by E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Miranda Kenneally (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Ockler (Goodreads Author) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Futuredaze: An Anthology of YA Science Fiction by Erin Underwood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hannah Strom-Martin (Editor), E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mimesis Issue 5 by James Midgley (Editor), E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Esther Greenleaf Mürer (Contributor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fourteen Hills Vol.14 No.1 2008 by Rae Freudenberger (Editor), E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bob Hicok (Contributor) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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