Lynch, Lee, 1945-

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Lee Lynch (1945- ) was born in Manhattan, NY in 1945. Lynch is an American author who started writing lesbian fiction and non-fiction in the 1960s when she was a frequent contributor to The Ladder, the only lesbian publication at the time. Since then she has published novels and essays, her stories have appeared in a number of anthologies, and she has written reviews and feature articles for The Lambda Book Report and many other publications. Lynch's syndicated column, "The Amazon Trail," has been running in papers across the country since 1986.

Lynch is a recipient of the Alice B. Reader Award for Lesbian Fiction, the James Duggins Mid-Career Author Award (which honors LGBT mid-career novelists of extraordinary talent and service to the LGBT community), and i n 2006, was inducted into the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame. Her novel Sweet Creek was a finalist for a Golden Crown Literary Society Award and was named one of the top ten fiction books of the year by the Q Syndicate. In 2009 Lynch was awarded the Golden Crown Literary Society Trail Blazer award for lifetime achievement, in recognition of the contributions she has made to the field of lesbian literature.

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From the guide to the Lee Lynch papers, 1960-2000, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)

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creatorOf Lee Lynch papers, 1960-2000 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Valerie Taylor papers, 1913-1997 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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