Lee Stringer

Lee Stringer is an American writer who lived unhoused with a substance use disorder in New York City from the early 1980s until the mid-1990s. He is a former editor and columnist of Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including The Nation, The New York Times, and Newsday. He currently lives in Mamaroneck, New York. He is the author of Sleepaway School and Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street. Eventually writing won out over drugs as a passion; Stringer checked himself into a Project Renewal, Inc. homeless shelter and treatment center, and with their help was able to kick his addiction. His first published book chronicling his years on the street, Grand Central Winter: Stories From the Street, (Seven Stories Press, 1997) made the top ten recommended book lists of both USA Today and the New York Times, went on to publication in 18 languages and won a Washington Irving Award, and a Murray Kenton Award. Personalized inscription of Timequake from Kurt Vonnegut to Lee Stringer around the time of their collaboration. He received the Lannan Foundation residency fellowship in 2005.

Books Lee Stringer (1998). Grand Central Winter. Seven Stories Press. Lee Stringer, Kurt Vonnegut (2000). Like Shaking Hands With God. Seven Stories Press. Lee Stringer (2004). Sleepaway School. Seven Stories Press. Lee Stringer (2010). Grand Central Winter: Expanded Second Edition. Seven Stories Press.