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Len Kruger

Len Kruger’s debut novel, Bad Questions, was the winner of the 2023 Washington Writers’ Publishing House Fiction Award and a 2023 Foreword INDIES finalist. His short fiction has appeared in Zoetrope-All Story, The Barcelona Review, The Potomac Review, Gargoyle, Splonk, and elsewhere. He lives in Washington, DC.

2023 Washington Writers' Publishing House Fiction Award Winner

Testimonials

  • Novels that are very funny and truly sad are rare, but Washington metro area writer Len Kruger’s Bad Questions is one.

    Washington City Paper
  • Insightful and poignant, Len Kruger’s writing glitters with keen observations of suburban Maryland in the early ‘70s. An adult’s story seen from a young boy’s point of view, Bad Questions rings with emotional truths that resonate vividly and viscerally today.

    —Suzanne Feldman, 2022 WWPH Fiction Award for The Witch Bottle and Other Stories
  • . [Kruger] does a remarkable job recreating the time period and capturing the suburban glory of lower Montgomery County, Maryland

    Washington Independent Review of Books

Additional Awards

  • 2023 Foreword INDIES Finalist

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