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Bret Lott

Bret Lott is a native of Los Angeles, California. His parents were raised in Mississippi and East Texas and relocated to Los Angeles in the 1950s.

He is the author of a number of novels including A Song I Knew by Heart, Jewel (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), The Hunt Club, Reed’s Beach, A Stranger’s House, and The Man Who Owned Vermont; and the story collections A Dream of Old Leaves, How to Get Home, and The Difference Between Women and Men; the memoir Fathers, Sons, and Brothers; Ancient Highway and the writing guide Before We Get Started

Named editor of The Southern Review in 2004, he lives with his wife and two sons near Charleston, South Carolina, and teaches at the College of Charleston and Vermont College.

Books by Bret Lott

Ancient Highway: A Novel (2008)

Before We Get Started: A Practical Memoir of the Writer’s Life (2005)

The Best Christian Short Stories (2006)

A Confederacy of Crime: New Stories of Southern-Style Mystery (2001)

Die Meute (2003)

The Difference Between Women and Men: Stories (2008)

A Dream of Old Leaves (1999)

Eyes to See, Volume Two (2008)

Fathers, Sons, & Brothers: The Men in My Family (2000)

How to Get Home: A Novella and Stories (1996)

The Hunt Club (1999)

Jewel (1999)

The Man Who Owned Vermont (1999)

Not Safe, but Good: Short Stories Sharpened by Faith (2007)

Reed’s Beach (1999)

A Song I Knew by Heart: A Novel (2005)

A Stranger’s House (1999)

Links

Southern Scribe interview with Bret Lott: http://www.southernscribe.com/zine/authors/Lott_Bret.htm