Tim Gautreaux
Encyclopedia
Timothy Martin Gautreaux (born 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana
) is a novelist and short story
writer who lives in Hammond, Louisiana
, where he is Writer in Residence at Southeastern Louisiana University
.
His writing has appeared in The New Yorker
, Best American Short Stories
, Atlantic, Harper's, and GQ. His novel The Next Step in the Dance won the 1999
Southeastern Booksellers Association (SEBA) Award. His novel The Clearing won the 1999
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance SIBA Book Award
and the 2003 Mid-South Independent Booksellers Association Award.
Gautreaux also authored Same Place, Same Things and Welding with Children—collections of short stories. His 2009 novel The Missing was described as his "best yet" by New Orleans Times-Picayune book editor Susan Larson in a featured article.
Gautreaux, who won the 2005 John Dos Passos Prize, is married to Winborne Howell Gautreaux; the couple has two grown sons—Robert Timothy Gautreaux and Thomas Martin Gautreaux.
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Morgan City, Louisiana
Morgan City is a city in St. Martin and St. Mary parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 12,404 at the 2010 census....
) is a novelist and short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
writer who lives in Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...
, where he is Writer in Residence at Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school building. Sims succeeded in getting the campus...
.
His writing has appeared in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Best American Short Stories
Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature.-Edward O'Brien:The...
, Atlantic, Harper's, and GQ. His novel The Next Step in the Dance won the 1999
1999 in literature
The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized...
Southeastern Booksellers Association (SEBA) Award. His novel The Clearing won the 1999
1999 in literature
The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized...
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance SIBA Book Award
SIBA Book Award
SIBA Book Award is an American South literary award given by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance , first awarded in 1999. Nominated books must be southern in nature or by a southern author, have been published the previous year, and have been nominated by a SIBA-member bookstore or one of...
and the 2003 Mid-South Independent Booksellers Association Award.
Gautreaux also authored Same Place, Same Things and Welding with Children—collections of short stories. His 2009 novel The Missing was described as his "best yet" by New Orleans Times-Picayune book editor Susan Larson in a featured article.
Gautreaux, who won the 2005 John Dos Passos Prize, is married to Winborne Howell Gautreaux; the couple has two grown sons—Robert Timothy Gautreaux and Thomas Martin Gautreaux.
Suggested reading
- Margaret D. Bauer, "An Interview with Tim Gautreaux: 'Cartographer of Louisiana Back Roads'", Southern Spaces, 28 May 2009. http://southernspaces.org/2009/interview-tim-gautreaux-cartographer-louisiana-back-roads
- Margaret D. Bauer, "Understanding Tim Gautreaux", The University of South Carolina Press, 31 January 2010.
http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2009/3859.html