-Katherine Anne Porter Prize Winner in Fiction-
Tehila Lieberman
"For decades now, Alice Munro has been the gold standard for short story writers… So when I say that some of the stories in Tehila Lieberman’s 'Venus In The Afternoon' remind me of Munro’s latest collection, I’m talking about a seriously gifted writer."
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... By Ed Siegel, WBUR.ORG, NPR Radio from 'Tehila Lieberman Arrives. Go Ask Alice'.
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Photo by Natalie Schmitt-Nardin
About the Author
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Tehila Lieberman's short fiction collection, Venus in the Afternoon, won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction and was published by UNT Press. Her individual short stories have won the Stanley Elkin Memorial prize for Fiction and the Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction prize. Her short fiction has been nominated several times for Pushcart Prizes, with her story, The Firmament and the Night Doll, recently receiving special mention in the 2024 Pushcart Prize Anthology. Another recent longform story has been optioned by LBI Entertainment / Expanded Media.
Tehila Lieberman's work has also received notice in the U.K., with her story, "Bedtime Story," winning second prize for the Bristol Short Story award and a completed novel, “The Last Holy Man,” selected as one of six finalists for the UK’s Exeter Novel Prize. Her non-fiction has appeared in Salon.com and in several Travelers Tales anthologies and has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.​​​​​​​​
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