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Skip Horack (born May 24, 1976) was raised in Covington, Louisiana where he attended St. Paul's School. He is an American author and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University. His short-story collection The Southern Cross, which won the Bakeless Prize, was published in 2009 by Mariner Books. The contest was judged by Antonya Nelson who called the story collection "a knockout winner." Hailed as a "storyteller of uncommon talent" Horack's stories are "artfully evoked and deeply felt" and depict characters that are "vital, funny, and heartbreakingly human". The sixteen stories in this collection have appeared in Epoch, The Southern Review, Narrative Magazine, and other journals.

A former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford, Horack holds a B.A. in English and a J.D. from Florida State University. He worked as a lawyer for five years in Baton Rouge before committing fully to writing and teaching. His novel The Eden Hunter will be published in August 2010.

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