Craig Lesley
Craig Lesley | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 79–80) The Dalles, Oregon, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Whitman College University of Kansas University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Notable awards | Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (x3) Oregon Book Award (2000) |
| Spouse | Kathryn Stavrakis |
| Children | 3 |
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Craig Lesley (born 1945) is a memoirist and novelist of the modern American west. He has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, first for his novel The Sky Fisherman in 1996, and again for Storm Riders in 2001. He has received three Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards, and an Oregon Book Award. His novel Winterkill was the first to win the Golden Spur award for Best Novel and Medicine Pipe Bearer's for Best First Novel from the Western Writers of America He has been the recipient of several national fellowships and holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Whitman College.