Bob Wake (born Robert Arnold Wake, July 28, 1954) is a Wisconsin publisher and author. He has written multiple award-winning short stories and published a collection of short stories in 1997 titled Caffeine. His short stories have appeared in Rosebud Magazine, The Madison Review, Madison Magazine, and Wisconsin People & Ideas. He is the editor of Cambridge Book Review Press, which has published well-received professional books on autism as well as numerous literary projects, notably the first English translation of Henri-Pierre Roché's Two English Girls. Awards and honors * 2000 First Place: Madison Magazine Best Short Fiction for "The Sacred Grove" * 2002 First Place: Wisconsin Academy Review Short Story Contest for "Knights of Pythagorus" * 2004 Council for Wisconsin Writers Rediscovering Wisconsin Writers Award for "Walden West and the Twilight of Transcendentalism" * 2017 First Place: Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction Contest for "Mudstone" * 2018 Council for Wisconsin Writers Zona Gale Short Fiction Award for "Mudstone"
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