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Christine Sneed's first book, a story collection titled _Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry_, won AWP's 2009 Grace Paley Prize; Ploughshares' award for a first book, the John C. Zacharis Prize; the Chicago Writers Association book of the year (for traditionally published fiction); was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (first-fiction category), and was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

Her second book, a novel titled _Little Known Facts_, will be published in early 2013 by Bloomsbury USA. It centers on a successful Hollywood actor and the effects of his fame on the people to whom he's closest.

Her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories 2008, PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories...more


Average rating: 4.03 · 116 ratings · 37 reviews · 4 distinct works
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