Kent Nelson (author)

Kent Nelson (born 1943) is an American short story writer and poet.^[1] He holds a JD from Harvard Law School.^{[citation needed]} His 2014 collection The Spirit Bird won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.^[1][2][3] Earlier in his literary career, he was awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts.^[4]

Kent Nelson
Born	1943 (age 81–82)
Occupation	Short story writer poet
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard Law School (JD)
Notable awards	Drue Heinz Literature Prize (2014)

Bibliography

Novels

• Cold Wind River (Dodd, Mead, 1981)
• All Around Me Peaceful (Dell, 1989)
• Language in the Blood (Peregrine Smith, 1992)
• Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still (Viking, 2003)

Short stories

• The Tennis Player and Other Stories (University of Illinois Press, 1978)
• The Middle of Nowhere (Peregrine Smith, 1991)
• Discoveries (Western Reflections, 1998)
• Toward the Sun: The Collected Sports Stories (Breakaway, 1998)
• The Touching That Lasts (Johnson, 2006)
• The Spirit Bird (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014)