Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Books:
Cakewalk: A Memoir (Dial Press, 2010)
, Because I Said So: 33 Mothers Write About Children, Sex, Men, Aging, Faith, Race & Themselves (HarperCollins Publishers, 2005)
, Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood (Villard Books, 1999)
Fiction
Book:
Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath (St. Martin's Press, 2003)
Prizes won:
- Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, University of the Pacific, 2015
- Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Sabbatical, State Univeristy of New York
- Writer in Residence, St. Catherine University, St. Paul MN, 2013
- President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Academic Excellence, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, San Francisco State University, 2013
- Diane Middlebrook Memorial Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation, 2013
- Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction, Lannan Foundation, 2012-14
- Finalist, Northern California Book Award, 2011
- Prix des Lectrices de Elle, Elle Magazine France, 2005
- Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, 2003
- Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, 2003
- Everett Helm Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 2001
- American Book Award, 2000
- Residencies: Hedgebrook, Lighthouse Works, Karuna, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, MacDowell Colony, Headlands Center for the Arts
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Feminist
Prefers to work with:
Adults
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
San Francisco,
CA
California
Raised in:
CA
California
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Last update: Jan 26, 2021