Jane Bernstein

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer

Pittsburgh, PA

Pennsylvania US

Email:

janebern+@andrew.cmu.edu

Author's Bio

Jane Bernstein is the author of five books, among them the memoirs Bereft - A Sister's Story, and Rachel in the World. Her essays have been published in such places as the New York Times Magazine, Ms., Prairie Schooner, Poets & Writers, Self, and Creative Nonfiction, and her screenwork includes the screenplay for the Warner Brothers movie Seven Minutes in Heaven. Jane, a member of the Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University, is working on a new novel, The Face Tells the Secret.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:

Love You to Pieces (Beacon Press, 2009)

Books:

Rachel in the World: A Memoir (University of Illinois Press, 2007)

Loving Rachel (Little, Brown & Co., 1988)

Fiction

Books:

Bereft (North Point Press, 2000)

Seven Minutes in Heaven (Fawcett Books, 1986)

Journals:

Creative Nonfiction

Ms.

New York Times Magazine

Prairie Schooner

The Sun

Prizes won:

National Endowment for the Arts
Fulbright Fellowship
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
New Jersey Council on the Arts
Virgina Faulkner Award for best essay
and others

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Super Sad True Love Story by Shteyngart, The Uncoupling by Wolitzer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, The Warmth of Other Suns by Wilkerson

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Jewish

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Brooklyn

Raised in:

Bergen County, NJ

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Last update: Jun 13, 2011