Lis Anna-Langston

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Hailed as “an author with a genuine flair for originality” by Midwest Book Review and “a loveable, engaging, original voice…” by Publishers Weekly, Lis Anna-Langston is the author of Skinny Dipping in a Dirty Pond, Gobbledy, Tupelo Honey, Maya Loop, Wild Asses of the Mojave Desert and the short story collection Tolstoy & the Checkout Girl. Raised along the winding current of the Mississippi River on a steady diet of dog-eared books she attended a Creative and Performing Arts School from middle school until graduation, went on to study Literature at Webster University, Creative Writing through the Great Smokies Writing Program through the University of North Carolina at Asheville and recently received her associate degree in Writing and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2023. Currently, expanding on her education, she is pursuing a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies. Her novels have won the NYC Big Book Award, Independent Press Awards and dozens of other book awards. As writer and producer her films have screened and won at film festivals around the world. A three-time Pushcart award nominee, her work has been published in dozens of literary journals including: The Literary Review, Emerson Review, Hobart, Barely South Review, and Emrys Journal. You can find her in the wilds of South Carolina plucking stories out of thin air.

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