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Susan Shreve
Born (1939-05-02) May 2, 1939 (age 85)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationProfessor, writer
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Pennsylvania ( BA)
University of Virginia ( MA)
Genrenovel, memoir, children's literature

Susan Shreve (also known as Susan Richards Shreve) is an American novelist, memoirist, and children's book author. She has published fifteen novels, most recently More News Tomorrow (2019), and a memoir Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood (2007). [1] She has also published thirty books for children, most recently The Lovely Shoes (2011), and edited or co-edited five anthologies. Shreve co-founded the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing program at George Mason University in 1980, where she teaches fiction writing. She is the co-founder and the former chairman of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. She lives in Washington, D.C. [2]

Early life

Susan Richards Shreve was born May 2, 1939, in Toledo, Ohio, but moved with her family to Washington, D.C., at the age of three. [3] She attended and graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 1957.[ citation needed]

Education

Shreve received a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961, and an MA in English from the University of Virginia in 1969.[ citation needed]

Career

She founded the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at George Mason University in 1980 [4] and has taught there ever since. She has been a visiting professor at Columbia School of the Arts, Princeton University, and Goucher College. She has received a Guggenheim Award for Fiction, a National Endowment grant for Fiction, the Jenny Moore Chair in Creative Writing at George Washington University, the Grub Street Prize for non-fiction, the Poets and Writers’ Service award, and the Sidwell Friends School Outstanding Alumni Award.[ citation needed] In 1980, Shreve co-founded the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, which presents the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction annually. [5]

Shreve published her first novel, A Fortunate Madness, in 1974. [6] Thirteen novels have followed. She published a novel Glimmer under the pseudonym Annie Waters in 1997. [7] Shreve wrote about her experience as a patient at FDR's polio clinic in her memoir Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood (2007). [8] Her most recent novel, More News Tomorrow, was published in 2019. [9]

Shreve's children's books include the Joshua T. Bates series (1984-2000), Blister (2001), an ALA Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book, and most recently The Lovely Shoes (2011). When writing for young readers, she publishes as Susan Shreve. [10]

Works

Novels

  • More News Tomorrow, New York: W W Norton, 2019. ISBN  0393292940
  • You Are the Love of My Life New York : W W Norton, 2012. ISBN  9780393345940, OCLC  812254177
  • A Student of Living Things, New York, N.Y.: Plume, 2007. ISBN  9780452288492, OCLC  148697093
  • Plum and Jaggers Seattle, WA : AmazonEncore, 2001. ISBN  9781477819456, OCLC  865494931
  • Glimmer, New York : Berkley Books, 1997. ISBN  9780425164846, OCLC  39198345, published under the pseudonym Annie Waters
  • The Visiting Physician New York: N.A. Talese, 1996. ISBN  9780385477017, OCLC  32893393
  • The Train Home New York : Ivy Books, 1993. ISBN  9780804112949, OCLC  31026061
  • Daughters of the New World New York : Ballantine Books, 1994. ISBN  9780804111232, OCLC  1012620350
  • A Country of Strangers Sceptre, 1990. ISBN  9780340525524, OCLC  21231291
  • Queen of Hearts New York : Pocket Books, 1988. ISBN  9780671647643, OCLC  17744667
  • Dreaming of Heroes New York : Berkley Books, 1984. ISBN  9780425085356, OCLC  13285106
  • Miracle Play New York : Playboy, 1982. ISBN  9780867211825, OCLC  8951593
  • Children of Power New York : Berkley Books, 1979. ISBN  9780425044780, OCLC  6843057
  • A Woman Like That] New York : Atheneum, 1977; London : H. Hamilton, 1978. ISBN  9780241899724, OCLC  16437786
  • A fortunate madness Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1974. ISBN  9780395185001, OCLC  866508

Memoir

  • Warm Springs : Traces of a Childhood at Fdr's Polio Haven, Boston : Mariner Books, 2008. OCLC  1036979087

Edited Anthologies

Novels for Children (as Susan Shreve)

Personal life

She married Porter Shreve, with whom she had four children.[ citation needed] Shreve later married noted literary agent Timothy Seldes. [11] Her oldest son is the author Porter Shreve.

References

  1. ^ "Susan Richards Shreve | W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Faculty and Staff: Susan R Shreve". English. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ Patrick Allen (September 27, 2012). Literary Washington, D.C. Trinity University Press. pp. 191–. ISBN  978-1-59534-125-9.
  4. ^ "English | Programs: MFA in Creative Writing". English. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Albin Krebs and Robert Thomas (April 18, 1981). "Notes on People; New York Writer Getting PEN/Faulkner Award". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "A FORTUNATE MADNESS by Susan Richards Shreve | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  7. ^ Shreve, Susan Richards (August 27, 2001). "A Storyteller Finds Comfort in a Cloak of Anonymity". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  8. ^ "Author Recalls Polio-Stricken Childhood at FDR's Haven". PBS NewsHour. 31 July 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  9. ^ MORE NEWS TOMORROW by Susan Richards Shreve | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ^ "Susan Shreve's Biography | Scholastic.com". Scholastic Teachers. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  11. ^ Weber, Bruce (December 8, 2015). "Timothy Seldes, Agent Who Championed Literary Stars, Dies at 88". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Susan Shreve
Born (1939-05-02) May 2, 1939 (age 85)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationProfessor, writer
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Pennsylvania ( BA)
University of Virginia ( MA)
Genrenovel, memoir, children's literature

Susan Shreve (also known as Susan Richards Shreve) is an American novelist, memoirist, and children's book author. She has published fifteen novels, most recently More News Tomorrow (2019), and a memoir Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood (2007). [1] She has also published thirty books for children, most recently The Lovely Shoes (2011), and edited or co-edited five anthologies. Shreve co-founded the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing program at George Mason University in 1980, where she teaches fiction writing. She is the co-founder and the former chairman of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. She lives in Washington, D.C. [2]

Early life

Susan Richards Shreve was born May 2, 1939, in Toledo, Ohio, but moved with her family to Washington, D.C., at the age of three. [3] She attended and graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 1957.[ citation needed]

Education

Shreve received a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961, and an MA in English from the University of Virginia in 1969.[ citation needed]

Career

She founded the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at George Mason University in 1980 [4] and has taught there ever since. She has been a visiting professor at Columbia School of the Arts, Princeton University, and Goucher College. She has received a Guggenheim Award for Fiction, a National Endowment grant for Fiction, the Jenny Moore Chair in Creative Writing at George Washington University, the Grub Street Prize for non-fiction, the Poets and Writers’ Service award, and the Sidwell Friends School Outstanding Alumni Award.[ citation needed] In 1980, Shreve co-founded the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, which presents the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction annually. [5]

Shreve published her first novel, A Fortunate Madness, in 1974. [6] Thirteen novels have followed. She published a novel Glimmer under the pseudonym Annie Waters in 1997. [7] Shreve wrote about her experience as a patient at FDR's polio clinic in her memoir Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood (2007). [8] Her most recent novel, More News Tomorrow, was published in 2019. [9]

Shreve's children's books include the Joshua T. Bates series (1984-2000), Blister (2001), an ALA Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book, and most recently The Lovely Shoes (2011). When writing for young readers, she publishes as Susan Shreve. [10]

Works

Novels

  • More News Tomorrow, New York: W W Norton, 2019. ISBN  0393292940
  • You Are the Love of My Life New York : W W Norton, 2012. ISBN  9780393345940, OCLC  812254177
  • A Student of Living Things, New York, N.Y.: Plume, 2007. ISBN  9780452288492, OCLC  148697093
  • Plum and Jaggers Seattle, WA : AmazonEncore, 2001. ISBN  9781477819456, OCLC  865494931
  • Glimmer, New York : Berkley Books, 1997. ISBN  9780425164846, OCLC  39198345, published under the pseudonym Annie Waters
  • The Visiting Physician New York: N.A. Talese, 1996. ISBN  9780385477017, OCLC  32893393
  • The Train Home New York : Ivy Books, 1993. ISBN  9780804112949, OCLC  31026061
  • Daughters of the New World New York : Ballantine Books, 1994. ISBN  9780804111232, OCLC  1012620350
  • A Country of Strangers Sceptre, 1990. ISBN  9780340525524, OCLC  21231291
  • Queen of Hearts New York : Pocket Books, 1988. ISBN  9780671647643, OCLC  17744667
  • Dreaming of Heroes New York : Berkley Books, 1984. ISBN  9780425085356, OCLC  13285106
  • Miracle Play New York : Playboy, 1982. ISBN  9780867211825, OCLC  8951593
  • Children of Power New York : Berkley Books, 1979. ISBN  9780425044780, OCLC  6843057
  • A Woman Like That] New York : Atheneum, 1977; London : H. Hamilton, 1978. ISBN  9780241899724, OCLC  16437786
  • A fortunate madness Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1974. ISBN  9780395185001, OCLC  866508

Memoir

  • Warm Springs : Traces of a Childhood at Fdr's Polio Haven, Boston : Mariner Books, 2008. OCLC  1036979087

Edited Anthologies

Novels for Children (as Susan Shreve)

Personal life

She married Porter Shreve, with whom she had four children.[ citation needed] Shreve later married noted literary agent Timothy Seldes. [11] Her oldest son is the author Porter Shreve.

References

  1. ^ "Susan Richards Shreve | W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Faculty and Staff: Susan R Shreve". English. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ Patrick Allen (September 27, 2012). Literary Washington, D.C. Trinity University Press. pp. 191–. ISBN  978-1-59534-125-9.
  4. ^ "English | Programs: MFA in Creative Writing". English. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Albin Krebs and Robert Thomas (April 18, 1981). "Notes on People; New York Writer Getting PEN/Faulkner Award". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "A FORTUNATE MADNESS by Susan Richards Shreve | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  7. ^ Shreve, Susan Richards (August 27, 2001). "A Storyteller Finds Comfort in a Cloak of Anonymity". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  8. ^ "Author Recalls Polio-Stricken Childhood at FDR's Haven". PBS NewsHour. 31 July 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  9. ^ MORE NEWS TOMORROW by Susan Richards Shreve | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ^ "Susan Shreve's Biography | Scholastic.com". Scholastic Teachers. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  11. ^ Weber, Bruce (December 8, 2015). "Timothy Seldes, Agent Who Championed Literary Stars, Dies at 88". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2016.

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