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Jan Pendleton has published short stories in leading journals. She won a Phelan Award in poetry and was a 2007 Tuition Scholar in fiction at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. She is currently represented by the Markson Thoma Literary Agency, formerly Elaine Markson.
Jan was born in Idaho and has lived mostly in
Northern California. She has taught high school, written advertising copy, and managed teams of writers and editors. She also teaches improvisational comedy. Jan is currently working on a novel set in Southeastern Australia, where she lived during the seventies. You can view Jan Pendleton's list of publications and read a sample story.
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Jan Pendleton's skillful stories evoke edgy, contemporary peril with an age-old mastery of plot and character; to read her work is to be reminded of Mary Gaitskill and Flannery O'Connor at the same time. It is rare to find a writer who can turn a series of beautiful sentences into a gripping, unpredictable, page-turning story. Pendleton is most definitely such a writer.
Lily King, Author
Jan Pendleton has the gift of vision,
a keen eye to evoke vivid physical and psychological palettes. She also has the patience to weave them into a fabric of genuine empathy and sorrow.
Ronald Spatz, Editor
Alaska Quarterly Review
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