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  • Eckhard Gerdes
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  • Eckhard Gerdes has published books of poetry, drama, and fourteen novels, including Hugh Moore and My Landlady the Lobotomist. He has won an &NOW; Award, the Richard Pike Bissell Award, been a finalist for the Starcherone and the Blatt awards, and was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year. His most recent books include the novel "Marco & Iarlaith: A Novel in Flash Fictions" and a tongue-in-cheek work of creative nonfiction, "How to Read." He is also editor and publisher of The Journal of Experimental Fiction and its associated imprint, JEF Books. He earned his MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He now lives in Aurora and has three children and three (soon-to-be four) grandchildren.
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