Born: 1-May-1940
Birthplace: Mayfield, KY

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: In Country

Father: (dairy farmer)

    University: BA Journalism, University of Kentucky (1962)
    University: MA, SUNY Binghamton (1966)
    University: PhD, University of Connecticut (1972)
    Professor: English, Mansfield State College (1972-79)

    Guggenheim Fellowship
    NEA Fellowship

Author of books:
Nabokov's Garden: A Guide to Ada (1974, criticism)
The Girl Sleuth (1975, criticism, regarding Nancy Drew)
Shiloh and Other Stories (1982, short stories)
In Country (1985, novel)
Spence + Lila (1988, novel)
Love Life: Stories (1989, short stories)
Feather Crowns (1993, novel)
With Jazz (1994, novel)
The Girl Sleuth (1995, novel)
Still Life with Watermelon (1997, novel)
Midnight Magic (1998, short stories)
Clear Springs: A Family Story (2000, memoir)
Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail (2002, short stories)
Elvis (2002, biography)
An Atomic Romance (2005, novel)

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