Leigh Newman

Leigh Newman (born May 15, 1971)^[1] is an American writer. Her story collection about Alaskan women Nobody Gets Out Alive was long-listed for the National Book Award^[2] and the Story Prize.^[3] Her memoir , Still Points North,^[4] was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard First Book Prize.^[5]

Leigh Newman
Newman at the 2022 Texas Book Festival
Born	(1971-05-15) May 15, 1971 (age 54) Anchorage, Alaska
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University University of Massachusetts Amherst
Period	2003–present
Genre	Creative nonfiction Short stories
Notable works	"Nobody Gets Out Alive" (2022). Still Points North (2013)
Notable awards	Long-Listed for the National Book Award for Fiction. Long-listed for the Story Prize. Paris Review Terry Southern Prize (2020) Best American Short Stories (2020) Pushcart Prize (2020) American Society of Magazine Editors, Fiction Prize for work in the Paris Review (2020)
Website
www.leigh-newman.com

Personal life

Newman grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and Baltimore, Maryland, traveling between the homes of her two parents. Her childhood and remote wilderness experiences were the basis of her memoir Still Points North (Dial Press, 2013). She received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1993 and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2006.

Career

After working primarily in nonfiction, with articles and essays in The New York Times,^[6] Vogue, Oprah.com,^[7] O, The Oprah Magazine^[8] and Bookforum,^[9] she turned to fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Harper’s,^[10] The Paris Review,^[11] One Story,^[12] Tin House,^[13] and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern^[14] among other magazines. In 2020, her work was recognized in the Best American Short Stories,^[15] the Pushcart Prize,^[16] The American Society of Magazine Editor's fiction prize^[17] for work in the Paris Review, as well awarded the Terry Southern Prize for “humor, wit, and sprezzatura" at the Paris Review.^[18]

Newman has received fiction fellowships from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Corporation of Yaddo.^[19] In 2014, she was a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellow.^[20]

Bibliography

Story Collection:

• Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories (2022, Scribner/Simon and Schuster)

Memoir

• Still Points North (2013, Dial Press)

Collections

• Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories (2022, Simon and Schuster)
• The Collected Traveler book series (2009, Crown)
• My Parents Were Awesome (2011, Villard)
• One Ring Zero’s The Recipe Project (2011, Black Balloon) - co-editor