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Grant Faulkner is an American writer, the executive director of National Novel Writing Month, and the co-founder of the online literary journal 100 Word Story. == Biography == Grant Faulkner was born and raised in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He earned a B.A. in English from Grinnell College and an M.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.〔http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumag/archive/spring_13/one_month_50000_words.html〕 He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, the writer Heather Mackey, and their two children.〔http://www.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/documents/GrinMagFall13.web_.pdf#page=33〕 In 2011, Faulkner and Lynn Mundell co-founded ''100 Word Story'', an online literary journal that publishes stories that are exactly 100 words long.〔http://www.thereviewreview.net/interviews/flash-fiction〕 Stories published in ''100 Word Story'' have been included on Wigleaf’s Top (Very) Short Fictions list〔http://wigleaf.com/2015top503.htm〕 and anthologized in Queen’s Ferry Press’s 2015 Best Small Fictions.〔http://queensferrypress.com/blog/tag/the-best-small-fictions/〕 In 2012, he became Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), taking over from founder Chris Baty.〔http://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/16535099276/an-interview-with-grant-faulkner-olls-new〕 With more than 400,000 writers signing up to take part in NaNoWriMo’s programs in 2014, it’s the largest writing event in the world. NaNoWriMo emphasizes that everyone has a story to tell, and that everyone’s story matters. “Humans are naturally wired to tell stories because that’s how we make meaning of the world,” Faulkner said. “So everyone has a story—or many stories—to tell.”〔http://www.levistrauss.com/unzipped-blog/2014/11/grant-faulkner-a-modern-day-pioneer-inspiring-creativity-through-writing/〕 In 2014, Faulkner co-founded the Flash Fiction Collective, a reading series in San Francisco, with writers Jane Ciabattari and Meg Pokrass. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grant Faulkner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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