Richard Spilman

Richard Spilman was raised in Normal, Illinois, on the bank of Sugar Creek, half a block from Main Street. He escaped to San Francisco then New York, and after several other stops now lives in Hurricane, West Virginia. He is the author of two collections of short fiction, Hot Fudge and The Estate Sale. Hot Fudge was a New York Times Notable Book, and The Estate Sale won the George Garrett Prize from Texas Review Press. He is also published three books of poetry: In the Night Speaking, which won the Sacramento Poetry Center Award, Let There Be Night, newly out from Slant Books, and Suspension, winner of the New American Press Chapbook Prize .