- Born: 1960
Melissa Bank's first book, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, was published in 1999, and was an instant success. The winner of the 1993 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction, she has published stories in Zoetrope, The Chicago Tribune, The North American Review, Other Voices, and Ascent. Her work has been heard on "Selected Shorts" on National Public Radio. Bank graduated with a master's degree in Fine Arts Cornell University, and she lives in New York City. In 2005, she published The Wonder Spot.
Most Famous Works
- The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing (1999)
