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Lake Song Awarded
2024 Grace Paley Prize

“This book dazzles and surprises, from line to line, page to page, and decade to decade over the course of these finely wrought characters’ lives.”
—Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2025

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or from Mad Creek Books
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Lesley Bannatyne is the author of 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. MORE


BOOKS

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Halloween Nation Halloween History Halloween Reader Witches Night Before Halloween

Lesley Bannatyne on ACADEMIA.EDU | POETS & WRITERS.ORG