CHADWICK, Cydney 1959-

PERSONAL: Born July 12, 1959, in Oakland, CA. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Attended Sonoma State University; also attended Kootenay School of Writing, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Home—P.O. Box 1059, Penngrove, CA 94951-1059; fax: 707-769-0880. E-mail—katyh@pon. net.

CAREER: Poet, publisher, and author of short fiction. Chadwick Marketing, Penngrove, CA, regional sales manager, 1984-92; Syntax Projects for the Arts, executive director, 1988—; Avec Books, Penngrove, CA, founder, 1992—; designer, editor, and manuscript consultant.

MEMBER: PEN West.

AWARDS, HONORS: Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative Writing, 1995; fellow, California Arts Council, 1997; Northern California Bohemian Critic's Choice designation, for Benched; New American Writing Series Award in Fiction, 1998; Independent Publisher Book award, best short story collection, 2002.

WRITINGS:

Enemy Clothing (short stories), Five Fingers Press (San Francisco, CA), 1993.

Dracontic Nodes (prose poetry), Texture Press (Norman, OK), 1993.

Persistent Disturbances (short stories; chapbook), Texture Press (Norman, OK), 1994. Oeuvres (fiction chapbook), Texture Press (Norman, OK), 1994.

The Gift Horse's Mouth (fiction chapbook), Standing Stones Press (Morris, MN), 1994.

Interims (short stories; chapbook), 3300 Press (San Francisco, CA), 1997.

Inside the Hours (fiction), Texture Press (Norman, OK), 1998.

Flesh and Bone, Avec Books (Penngrove, CA), 2001.

Benched (novella), Avec Books (Penngrove, CA), 2000.

Under the Sun, Obscure Publications, 2003.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

American Book Review, November-December, 2002.

Rain Taxi, fall, 2002.

Washington Review, December-January, 1995-1996,p. 24.

online

Avec Books Web site,http://www.avecbooks.org/ (September 3, 2003.