Valerie Trueblood
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Valerie Trueblood

"The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form." - Tobias Wolff

In 2006, Valerie Trueblood's first novel, Seven Loves, came out from Little, Brown, receiving wide notice in print and online, and high praise from writers and critics. It was followed by a paperback edition, and was a Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" pick and one of Nancy Pearl's "Ten Favorite Books of 2006."

She has published investigative reports on military and environmental subjects, and critical essays in the Iowa Review, The Seattle Weekly, and The American Poetry Review, where she has been a Contributing Editor for many years. Her popular APR essay on the short story form, "What's the Story," can be found here.

Her short stories have appeared in various journals including One Story, The Northwest Review, and the online journal Narrative. "The Magic Pebble" (One Story) was chosen as a Distinguished Short Story in Best American Short Stories 2005.

She grew up in rural Virginia, studied with John Hawkes and John Berryman, worked as a caseworker in Chicago and as a reference librarian at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C.

She lives in Seattle and the Methow Valley.
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