Peter Grandbois is an American writer, editor, academic, and fencing coach
Biography
Peter Grandbois received a B.A. from the University of Colorado—Boulder, an MA from the University of Colorado—Boulder, an MFA from Bennington College, and a PhD from the University of Denver. He was an assistant professor at Sacramento State University for four years before taking a position at Denison University in 2010 where he is currently a professor of creative writing and contemporary literature. He is the Poetry Editor for magazine. He is also the head coach of the Denison University Fencing Team. They compete in the Midwest Fencing Conference.
Writing
Known for his work in all four genres, Grandbois is the author of three novels, two memoirs, a collection of short stories, three novella collections or "double monster features," two poetry collections, and several plays produced in New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Columbus. His poems, short stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including: Boulevard, The Denver Quarterly, Failbetter, Gargoyle, The Gettysburg Review, The Kenyon Review, The Mississippi Review-Online, Necessary Fiction, Post Road, New Orleans Review, The Normal School, North Dakota Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Rain Taxi, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Word Riot, and Zone 3. His first novel, The Gravedigger, has been translated into Polish and is currently under contract to be filmed in Mexico.
Awards
Finalist for the 2019 Foreword INDIES in the category of Best Multicultural Fiction for half-burnt
Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2018 for "Passion," which first appeared in Mount Hope
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Foreword INDIES in the Poetry category for This House That
Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2017 for "Honor," which first appeared in the North Dakota Quarterly.
The Woman Who Was Me, nominated for five New York Innovative Theatre Awards, including: Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, 2017
Winner of the Brighthorse Books Poetry Prize, 2016 for This House That
Silver Medal for the 2015 Foreword IndieFab Awards in the Fantasy category for The Girl on the Swing and At Night in Crumbling Voices
Ohio Arts Council Award, 2015
Honorable Mention in Best American Horror, volume 7, ed. by Ellen Datlow, for "The Stability of Large Systems," 2015
Honorable Mention for the 2014 Foreword IndieFab Awards in the Fantasy category for The Glob Who Girdled Granville and The Secret Lives of Actors
Winner of the Neil Labute New Theatre Festival, St. Louis, 2013, for "Present Tense"
Finalist for the 2013 Foreword Book of the Year Awards in the Short Stories category for Domestic Disturbances
Gold Medal for the 2011 Foreword Book of the Year Awards in the Literary Fiction category for Nahoonkara
Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2011 for "Driving to Puerto Rico," which first appeared in The Potomac Review.
Honorable Mention, the Pushcart Prize 2007 for "All or Nothing at the Faberge," which first appeared in Post Road.
Selected for the Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writer's Program" in 2006 for The Gravedigger.