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LAUREEN VONNEGUT

Laureen Vonnegut is an American writer living between Romania and Mexico. Prior to living in Bucharest she lived in London, California, Bulgaria and Hungary. She enjoys traveling, running, and harassing the Bucharest street dogs.

June 2011, her novel, TWIN LIES, was launched by Skorpion Press. In 2006, her novel, OASIS, was published by literary press Counterpoint/ Perseus Books.

She directed a series of video readings of OASIS which can be seen on YOUTUBE or METACAFE.COM. She has also written several and directed several short films: STUFF THAT BEAR!, CUCKOO AND ICE CREAM and DON'T SAY 'I LOVE YOU'.

In the United States she has had over a dozen short stories published in five different states. In the UK, she has had a short story in the VIRAGO anthology: THE NERVE - BOOK OF WRITING WOMEN and two excerpts from her novel HANDS DO LIE. In addition to a short story in STAPLE magazine and a script, CROTCH PIT, published in EM3 magazine, she was shortlisted for the Ian St James Award.

Her short film called STUFF THAT BEAR, was directed by Bruno Coppola. The film was opened at the Cannes Film Festival 2003. The film showed in more than 70 festivals worldwide, winning 15 awards, in addition to accreditation for the Academy Awards.

Currently she is workshopping her theater play, THE PORCINI TEST in New York and writing short stories.