CRESTON LEA
Creston Lea was born in New Hampshire in 1971. He lives in Vermont with his wife and young son and daughter. There, he builds guitars under the name Creston Electric Instruments. Wild Punch is his first collection of stories.
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"I love the way this guy writes about animals, especially the human ones."—Jo Ann Beard

"Mr. Lea can write one hell of a story . . . wonderful awful scary marvelous stories—I kept expecting to hit the wall, to be overwhelmed with depression at the intractable fates he chronicles, but somehow, magically, he kept me reading through and out the other side of grim right into stubborn awe. Get this book in print so I can give copies to everyone I know."—Dorothy Allison

"Lea is a new voice for the rural North Country in the tradition of Howard Frank Mosher, Russell Banks and Annie Proulx. His prose crackles with insight. He'll make you laugh and he'll make you cry, and if you're that North Country person he'll make you understand yourself a little better."—Ernest Hebert

"Attentive, sure-footed, possessed of an engaging voice and, best of all, a spirit of generosity, Creston Lea's Wild Punch is an exciting new find for any serious reader of short stories."—Rick Bass

"It’s an absolutely terrific work of fiction by the best young writer I’ve read in years."—Howard Frank Mosher
 
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October 29, 2017 - 5:00pm - Celebration of Expressive Arts at The Inn - Montgomery Center, VT - reading

May 31, 2015 - 5:00pm - Celebration of Expressive Arts at The Inn - Montgomery Center, VT - talk

March 13, 2014 - 3:30pm - St Johnsbury Academy - St Johnsbury, VT - reading

December 12, 2013 - 2:00pm - The Little Red Schoolhouse, New York, NY - reading
 
August 6, 2011 - afternoon - Lyme Town Common, Lyme, NH - signing

July 14, 2011 - 7:30pm - The Meetinghouse, Canaan, NH - reading

November 14, 2010 - 2:00pm - Stone Church, Chester, VT - Vermont Voices reading

September 24, 2010 - 1:00pm - Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT - panel discussion

September 16, 2010 - 8:00pm - Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA - reading

September 13, 2010 - 7:00 - The Make Out Room, San Francisco, CA - Rumpus event reading

July 22, 2010 - 4:00 pm - Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH - reading

July 14, 2010 - 7:00 pm - Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA - reading

June 11, 2010 - 7:00pm - Brown Dog Books, Hinesburg, VT - reading

June 2, 2010 - 7:00pm - Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT - reading

May 2, 2010 - 2:00pm - Tenney Memorial Library, Newbury, VT - reading

March 5, 2010 - 6:00pm - Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY - publication party