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name: Laureen Vonnegut
about: Laureen Vonnegut is an American writer living between Romania and Mexico. Prior residences include London, California, Holland, Bulgaria and Hungary. She enjoys travelling, skiing and a damn good adventure.October 2006, her novel, OASIS, was launched in New York by literary press Counterpoint/ Perseus Books. Following the launch was a US book tour. June 2011, her novel, Twin Lies, was published by Skorpion Press and has been popular with book clubs from Alaska to Paris. She offers SKYPE author chats.In the United States she has had over a dozen short stories published in five different states. In the UK, she has had a short story in the VIRAGO anthology: THE NERVE – BOOK OF WRITING WOMEN and two excerpts from her novel HANDS DO LIE. In addi Laureen Vonnegut is an American writer living between Romania and Mexico. Prior residences include London, California, Holland, Bulgaria and Hungary. She enjoys travelling, skiing and a damn good adventure.October 2006, her novel, OASIS, was launched in New York by literary press Counterpoint/ Perseus Books. Following the launch was a US book tour. June 2011, her novel, Twin Lies, was published by Skorpion Press and has been popular with book clubs from Alaska to Paris. She offers SKYPE author chats.In the United States she has had over a dozen short stories published in five different states. In the UK, she has had a short story in the VIRAGO anthology: THE NERVE – BOOK OF WRITING WOMEN and two excerpts from her novel HANDS DO LIE. In addition to a short story in STAPLE magazine and a script, CROTCH PIT, published in EM3 magazine, she was shortlisted for the Ian St James Award.She directed a series of video readings of OASIS which can be seen on YOUTUBE . She has also written and directed several short films: STUFF THAT BEAR!, CUCKOO AND ICE CREAM and DON’T SAY ‘I LOVE YOU’.Her short film called STUFF THAT BEAR, was directed by Bruno Coppola. The film opened at the Cannes Film Festival 2003. The film showed in more than 70 festivals worldwide, winning 15 awards, in addition to accreditation for the Academy Awards.Currently she is working on a series of short stories and her theater play, The Porcini Test. ...more