Alice McDermott
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Alice McDermott
- Born: June 27, 1953
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Alice McDermott is the prize-winning novelist of A Bigamists' Daugher, That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, Charming Billy and Child of My Heart. That Night, her second novel, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A film version of the book was released by Warner Bros. in the spring of 1992. McDermott's third novel, At Weddings and Wakes, was a New York Times bestseller. Charming Billy won the National Book Award. McDermott is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award.
McDermott received her BA in 1975 from the State University of New York at Oswego and her MA in 1978 from the University of New Hampshire. She has taught at the University of California at San Diego, American University and UNH, and has been a writer-in-residence at Lynchburg and Hollins Colleges in Virginia and at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Her short stories have appeared in Ms., Redbook, Mademoiselle, and Seventeen.
Most Famous Works
- A Bigamists' Daughter (1982)
- That Night (1987)
- At Weddings and Wakes (1992)
- Charming Billy (1998)
- Child of My Heart (2002)
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| 1998 | Charming Billy. McDermott's fourth novel, dealing with the life and loves of an Irish American who dies of alcoholism, is a surprise winner of the National Book Award, praised for its revealing, intimate portrait of Irish American culture. The Brooklyn-born McDermott's previous novels are A Bigamist's Daughter (1982), That Night (1987), and At Weddings and Wakes (1991). |
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Alice McDermott (born June 27, 1953) is an American writer and university professor. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award[1] and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[2]
McDermott is Johns Hopkins University's Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities.[inconsistent] Born in Brooklyn, New York, McDermott attended St. Boniface School in Elmont, Long Island, NY [1967], Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead NY [1971], the State University of New York at Oswego, receiving her BA in 1975, and later received her MA from the University of New Hampshire in 1978.
She has taught at the UCSD and American University, has been a writer-in-residence at Lynchburg and Hollins Colleges in Virginia, and was lecturer in English at the University of New Hampshire. Her short stories have appeared in Ms., Redbook, Mademoiselle, The New Yorker and Seventeen. She has also published articles in the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Ms. McDermott lives outside Washington, D.C. with her husband, a neuroscientist, and three children.
Works
- A Bigamist's Daughter (1982)
- That Night (1987) — finalist for the National Book Award,[3] the Pen/Faulkner Award, and the Pulitzer Prize[4]
- At Weddings and Wakes (1992) — finalist for the Pulitzer Prize[4]
- Charming Billy (1998) — winner of an American Book Award (1999)[1] and the National Book Award[2]
- Child of My Heart : A Novel (2002) — nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- After This (2006) — finalist for the Pulitzer Prize[4]
Awards
- 1987 Whiting Writers Award
- 1998 American Book Award
- 1998 National Book Award[2]
- 2008 John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence
- 2012 Peter and Margaret D'Angelo Endowed Chair for the Humanities at St. John's University[clarification needed][citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation". American Booksellers Association. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ a b c "National Book Awards – 1998". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
(With essays by Alice Elliott Dark and Katie McDonough from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) - ^ "National Book Awards – 1987". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ^ a b c "Fiction". Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
External links
- After This Reviews at Metacritic
- Publisher's bio of Alice McDermott at BookBrowse.com
- Works by or about Alice McDermott in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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