Luralee Kiesel

I am an artist and a writer.
I eat pie for breakfast. 
I make my own maple syrup.
I like to garden.

I have too many houseplants, three kids, and a cocker spaniel named Pepper. I was also a synchronized swimmer back in the day, if we want to get really random about this.
 

I got my MFA from Pratt Institute in 1999.

I had a solo show at Catherine Moore Gallery in Manhattan in 2000. I also sold paintings from my studio in DUMBO when it was still edgy, and lived in a converted clock factory for eight years before moving back to Michigan. 

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My paintings were exhibited at the Grand Rapids Art Museum during Artprize in 2010.

 

The writing thing is self taught.

I wasn't one of those kids who dreamed of being an author when I grew up. Writing was my least favorite subject after math. However, I was always making up stories, often while procrastinating said math. 

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I started working on a novel in 2012, just to see if I could pull it off. Ten years later, I've got a Sci-Fi/Fantasy trilogy in the works. Finally, daydreaming is justified!

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Find more about my story under My Story. For examples of my writing, check out my Flash fiction

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