Lesley Bannatyne is the 2024 GRACE PALEY AWARD winner for her book, Lake Song, which will be published by Mad Creek Press in September, 2025. Her debut
short story collection Unaccustomed
to Grace was published by Kallisto Gaia Press in 2022. Lesley writes extensively on Halloween, especially its history, literature, and contemporary celebration.
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Finalist, Book of the Year, Short Stories Independent Author Network
Lesley Bannatyne's wise, warm, wily debut collection of short stories is unsparing in its darkness, and balanced, beautifully, with moments of - and the ever-present possibility of - light.
—Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe
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