Peter Orner was born in Chicago and is the author of two widely praised books, Esther Stories and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo. He is also the editor of two books of nonfiction, Underground America and Hope Deferred: Narrative of Zimbabwean Lives. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, Granta, Best American Stories, and he has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. A 2006 Guggenheim Fellow, Orner has taught at the University of Montana and the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa . Orner now lives in San Francisco and is a faculty member at San Francisco State University. You can visit him online at www.peterorner.net.
This biography was last updated on 11/07/2011.
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