About Me
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Lina Patton is a writer, illustrator, and teacher. Originally from Maine, she moved to Minnesota at thirteen, trading the ocean for 10,000 lakes. Her work has appeared in ELLE, The Cut, Narrative, and Driftwood Press, among others. After seven years living abroad, she and her husband currently reside in Washington, DC, where she teaches Creative Writing at The George Washington University and co-produces the storytelling series Generation Women DC. The Lake Club is her first novel.
More writing…
“Leave the Trouble Skull Behind”, pastiche of Tobias Wolff’s “Bullet in the Brain,” Spotify (read by my father, James Patton)
“Morning Poem” (Pushcart nominee) & “My Soccer Coach Taught Me the Word Melancholy,” poems, Atticus Review
“Dua Lipa Liberates Europe’s Youngest Country,” article, ELLE
“Reclaiming My Ambition From My ‘Job’ As a Military Spouse,” essay, The Cut
"Things That Remind You of Your Friends' Dead Dads," poem, Driftwood Press
"Carolina Hall Girls," novel excerpt, Narrative Magazine 30 Below Finalist & Story of the Week
"Where We Are," short story, Narrative Magazine Fall Story Finalist
"Review: Driving in Cars with Homeless Men by Kate Wisel," book review, The Rupture
"Among Rice Paddies," short story, Glimmer Train Honorable Mention
"Mother's Hands," poem, Sweet Lit
George Mason Fiction Thesis Fellow
Community of Writers Scholarship Awardee
Represented by Danya Kukafka at Trellis Literary
