Lawrence Coates, Associate Professor

coatesl@bgnet.bgsu.edu

304 East Hall
419-372-2111

www.lawrencecoates.com

Degrees and Institutions:

Ph.D. English -- Creative Writing, University of Utah, 1997
M.A. Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 1990
B.A. Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987

Courses Regularly Taught: Contemporary Fiction, Techniques of Fiction, Fiction Writing Workshops at all levels.

Area: Creative Writing - Fiction

Research Interests: Fiction Writing, Literature of the American West, Contemporary Fiction.

Recent Publications:

The Master of Monterey. University of Nevada Press, 2003.

Short Fiction:
“The Garden of the World” Greensboro Review, 2003.
“Eye of the Mountain” The Long Story, 2003.