Laury A. Egan

Poet, Fiction Writer

NJ
New Jersey US
Website: 
www.lauryaegan.com
Twitter/X: 
@LauryA.Egan@EganLaury

Author's Bio

I am the author of thirteen novels: The Black Leopard's Kiss & The Writer Remembers; The Psychologist's Shadow; The Firefly; Once, Upon an Island; The Swimmer; Turnabout; Wave in D Minor; Doublecrossed; The Ungodly Hour; Fabulous! An Opera Bufffa; A Bittersweet Tale; The Outcast Oracle; which was awarded a Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2013 citation; and Jenny Kidd; and a collection, Fog and Other Stories.  Four poetry books were published in limited edition: Snow, Shadows, a Stranger; Beneath the Lion's Paw; The Sea & Beyond; and Presence & Absence. Member of Authors Guild.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
A Pocketful of Moondust (Rebel Books, 2010)
,
Don't Tread on Me (Lame Goat Press, 2010)
,
Paradigm, volume one (Paradigm Press, 2007)
Books:
"The Firefly" (Spectrum Books, 2023)
,
Doublecrossed (Desert Palm Press, 2022)
,
Once, Upon an Island (Heliotrope Books, 2022)
,
Wave in D Minor (Literary Wanderlust, 2022)
,
The Swimmer (Heliotrope Books, 2021)
,
Turnabout (NineStar Press, 2021)
,
The Ungodly Hour (Interlude Press, 2020)
,
A Bittersweet Tale (Sunbury Press, 2019)
,
Fabulous! An Opera Buffa (Tiny Fox Press, 2018)
,
Fog and Other Stories (Humanist Press, 2013)
,
The Outcast Oracle (Humanist Press, 2013)
,
Fog and Other Stories (Stonegarden.net Publishing, 2012)
,
Jenny Kidd (Vagabondage Press, 2012)
Journals:
Blue Lake Review
,
Conte
,
In the Mist
,
Lowestoft Chronicle
,
Short Story America
,
The Battered Suitcase
,
The Blue Moon Literary & Art Review
,
Up the Staircase Quarterly

Poetry

Anthology:
No Fresh Cut Flowers (Sephyrus Press, 2010)
Books:
Presence & Absence (Foothills Publishing, 2018)
,
The Sea & Beyond (Foothills Publishing, 2013)
,
Beneath the Lion's Paw (Foothills Publishing, 2011)
,
Snow, Shadows, a Stranger (Foothills Publishing, 2009)
Journals:
Atlanta Review
,
Caper Literary Journal
,
Centrifugal Eye
,
Icarus Review
,
Ledge
,
Main Channel Voices
,
Sea Stories
,
Willows Wept Review
Prizes won: 

Finalist, Glass Woman Prize and Glass Woman Ghost Story Prize.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
English American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Long Branch
Raised in: 
Atlantic Highlands/Rumson, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Dec 20, 2023