Craig Lesley
River Song and Winterkill
Background
- A lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest; born in The Dalles and currently living in
Portland, Oregon.
- Married, with two daughters.
- Received a Doctorate in Human Letters from Whitman College, an M.A. in English from
University of Kansas, and an M.F.A. from University of Massachusetts at Amherst..
Career
- Worked eight years for the Deschutes River Guide Service in Oregon.
- Teaches creative writing at Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon; currently
(i.e., in 2000), writer-in-residence and Ford Professor of English Literature at
Williamette University, Salem, Oregon (e-mail: mlesley@willamette.edu).
- Both Winterkill and River Song won Best Novel of the Year from the
Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Association.
- The Sky Fisherman nominated for the Oregon book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
Major Writings
Novels
Winterkill (1984)
River Song (1989)
The Sky Fisherman (1996)
Storm Riders (2000)
Anthologies
Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories (edited and introduced
by Craig Lesley)
Dreamers and Desperadoes: Contemporary Short Fiction of the American West (edited
by Craig Lesley)
Reviews
