Sandra Novack
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationVermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
GenreLiterary fiction
Website
sandranovack.com

Sandra Novack (born 1972) is an American writer of a novel and short stories. Her debut novel, Precious, was a Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2009.[1]

Biography

Novack was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Joanne Novack, a court systems operator at Lehigh County Courthouse, and Joseph Novack, a former millwright at Bethlehem Steel. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2003.[2] Her short stories have been published in The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, Gulf Coast, Descant, and Chattahoochee Review.

Stephen King named Novack's story "Memphis" a "Distinguished Story" in The Best American Short Stories in 2007.[3] She has been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize, her nonfiction work “Hunk” was nominated as a runner-up for the 2006 Iowa Review Award,[4] and she is a recipient of the 2010-2011 Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship[5] and 2011 Illinois Arts Council grant.[6] Her short story collection, Everyone But You, was published by Random House in 2011,[7] and she is working on a new novel. Her work has been translated to Dutch.[8] Novack lives in Oak Park, Illinois.[9]

Works

Novels

  • Precious (2009)

Short stories

  • Everyone But You (2011)

References

  1. ↑ Booklist top 10 first novels of 2009, http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=3801710.
  2. ↑ Siegel, S. Valley native returns to roots for novel. The Morning Call, March 15, 2009, http://articles.mcall.com/2009-03-15/features/4329525_1_novel-stories-writing
  3. ↑ Kinchen, D. Debut novel 'Precious' explores complex issues of marriage, children, friends and neighbors. The Huntington News, March 15, 2009, http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/090315-kinchen-columnsbookreview.html
  4. ↑ 2006 Iowa Review Award announcements Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "The Christopher Isherwood Foundation".
  6. ↑ "FY11 Individual Artist Support Initiative Recipients | Illinois Arts Council Agency".
  7. ↑ http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400066810
  8. ↑ Novack, S. 2009. De Terugkeer (Trans. J. Dekker), Boekerij
  9. ↑ "The Christopher Isherwood Foundation".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.