Peter Orner
Encyclopedia
Peter Orner is an American
writer
of fiction
. He is the author of the novels Love and Shame and Love (2011) and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (2006) and the short story collection Esther Stories (2001). His short fiction has been published in the Atlantic Monthly and the Paris Review
, as well as the Pushcart Prize
Anthology, New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories From America and Beyond and The Best American Short Stories 2001. His short story "The Raft" is being made into a short film starring Ed Asner
.
Orner co-edited "Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives" (2010) and edited "Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives," (2008) a collection of true stories about undocumented workers in America, which are both part of the Voice of Witness series from McSweeney's
in April 2008.
A resident of San Francisco, he is on the faculty of the graduate writing program at San Francisco State University.
Orner was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1990 and later collected a law degree from Northeastern University and an MFA from the famed Iowa Writer's Workshop. His older brother is Eric Orner
, the creator of the comic The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
.
Orner has also been a counselor, trip leader, and village director at Camp Nebagamon, an overnight camp in Northern Wisconsin.
United States
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writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
of fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
. He is the author of the novels Love and Shame and Love (2011) and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (2006) and the short story collection Esther Stories (2001). His short fiction has been published in the Atlantic Monthly and the Paris Review
Paris Review
The Paris Review is a literary quarterly founded in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton. Plimpton edited the Review from its founding until his death in 2003. In its first five years, The Paris Review published works by Jack Kerouac, Philip Larkin, V. S...
, as well as the Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
Anthology, New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories From America and Beyond and The Best American Short Stories 2001. His short story "The Raft" is being made into a short film starring Ed Asner
Ed Asner
Edward Asner , commonly known as Ed Asner, is an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant...
.
Orner co-edited "Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives" (2010) and edited "Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives," (2008) a collection of true stories about undocumented workers in America, which are both part of the Voice of Witness series from McSweeney's
McSweeney's
McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers.Apart from its book list, McSweeney's is responsible for four regular publications: the quarterly literary journal,...
in April 2008.
A resident of San Francisco, he is on the faculty of the graduate writing program at San Francisco State University.
Orner was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1990 and later collected a law degree from Northeastern University and an MFA from the famed Iowa Writer's Workshop. His older brother is Eric Orner
Eric Orner
Eric Orner is an openly gay American cartoonist whose works revolve around LGBT issues. He is best known for long running indy comic strip, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, which was adapted into a feature film and which received a limited national cinematic release in 2005...
, the creator of the comic The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green is a syndicated comic strip drawn by Eric Orner. Appearing in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender publications, the strip's title character is Ethan Green, a young gay man trying to balance his professional career as a personal assistant with his...
.
Orner has also been a counselor, trip leader, and village director at Camp Nebagamon, an overnight camp in Northern Wisconsin.
Honors
- Virginia Commonwealth University First Novelist Award (2007)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (2006)
- Lannan Literary Fellowship (2006)
- Bard Fiction Prize (2007)
- Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize Best Fiction (2007)
- Rome Prize in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters (2002–2003)
- Samuel Goldberg Award for Jewish Fiction
- New York Times Notable Book (for Esther Stories)
- Finalist, PEN Hemingway Award
- Finalist, Young Lions Fiction Prize (2002)
- Finalist, John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize (2006)