Lloyd Lofthouse
- Location
- Bay Area, California, United States
- Birthday
- August 14
- Bio
- Lloyd Lofthouse is the author of ‘My Splendid Concubine’. He earned a BA in journalism after fighting in Vietnam as a U. S. Marine. He then taught English and journalism in the public schools by day and for a time worked as a maitre d' in a multimillion-dollar nightclub by night. He now lives near San Francisco with his wife, and they have a second home in Shanghai, China. His first novel, ‘My Splendid Concubine’, won an honorable mention in fiction from the 2008 London Book Festival; another honorable mention in general fiction from the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival and a third honorable mention in fiction at the 2009 Hollywood Book Festival. His short story, ‘A Night at the Well of Purity’, was a finalist for the 2007 Chicago Literary Awards.
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