Lee Martin
LEE is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Bright Forever. He was born in Illinois, and received his MFA from the University of Arkansas. He has published widely acclaimed stories, novels, and memoirs (From Our House is recommended). He has won numerous awards including the Mary McCarthy Prize, the Nancy Dasher Award, the Glenna Luschei Prize for Literary Distinction, the Lawrence Foundation Award, and fellowships from the NEA and the Ohio Arts Council. Currently he is Professor at Ohio State University where he is Director of Creative Writing. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Genres: Historical, Romance
New Books
Novels
Quakertown (2001)
The Bright Forever (2005)
River of Heaven (2008)
Break the Skin (2011)
Late One Night (2016)
Yours, Jean (2020)
The Glassmaker's Wife (2022)
The Bright Forever (2005)
River of Heaven (2008)
Break the Skin (2011)
Late One Night (2016)
Yours, Jean (2020)
The Glassmaker's Wife (2022)
Collections
Non fiction
From Our House (2000)
Turning Bones (2003)
Such a Life (2012)
Telling Stories (2017)
Gone the Hard Road (2021)
Turning Bones (2003)
Such a Life (2012)
Telling Stories (2017)
Gone the Hard Road (2021)
Awards
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Lee Martin recommends
The Widows (2019)
(Kinship, book 1)
Jess Montgomery
"Two women, a murdered husband, and the secret life he lived...Montgomery is a masterful storyteller."
How Quickly She Disappears (2020)
Raymond Fleischmann
"Raymond Fleischmann has crafted a novel of the highest suspense...you'll mourn how quickly the pages go by."
Betty (2020)
Tiffany McDaniel
"Tiffany McDaniel gives voice to those on the fringes. Betty is a coming-of-age novel that has the courage to look into the darkness and to find the light. Betty Carpenter tells the story of her family with empathy and passion and heart. This is a book for anyone who's ever stood on the outside looking in, or for anyone who's ever scorned the unfortunate. It's a book for our uncertain times, one that has much to show us about family, about want, about love."
The Monsters We Make (2020)
Kali White
"Kali White has spun a tale of unbearable suspense in prose...I truly did read this remarkable new novel in one sitting."
A Ritchie Boy (2020)
Linda Kass
"Linda Kass's A Ritchie Boy is a splendid gathering of memorable characters and stories about what it takes to leave a home, to travel to a new country, and to find a way to not only survive there, but to thrive. This story of persistence will warm you with its indomitable belief in family and in love."
Call It Horses (2021)
Jessie van Eerden
"A novel of grit and grace. Jessie van Eerden, in language both lean and lush, tells this story of women on the run-women who discover that in leaving they find exactly where they’re meant to be. The final scene is one I’ll remember always."
The End of the Road (2023)
Andrew Welsh-Huggins
"A gripping novel that will latch onto you and refuse to let go all the way to its explosive end. The End of the Road sizzles with the sparks of its looming conflagration."
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