Sandra Novack
Sandra Novack | |
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Born |
1972 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | Literary fiction |
Website | |
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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]
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 her story "Memphis" a "Distinguished Story" in the 2007 The Best American Short Stories.[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
- ↑ Booklist top 10 first novels of 2009, http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=3801710.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2006 Iowa Review Award announcements
- ↑ http://isherwoodfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=26
- ↑ http://www.arts.illinois.gov/news/fy11-individual-artist-support-initiative-recipients
- ↑ http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400066810
- ↑ Novack, S. 2009. De Terugkeer (Trans. J. Dekker), Boekerij, http://www.boekerij.nl/result-titel.asp?ISBN=9789022552223
- ↑ http://isherwoodfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=26
External links
- Official website
- Random House profile
- buzzsugar.com interview
- Baton Rouge Advocate interview
- Curled Up With a Good Book interview