Carolyn Cooke

Author's Bio

My first novel, Daughters of the Revolution, was published by Knopf/Doubleday in June 2011.The Bostons, a collection of short stories, was a winner of the PEN/ Bingham Award, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway, and was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. My fiction has appeared in AGNI, The Paris Review, and Ploughshares, and in two volumes each of Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. My nonfiction has appeared in New California Writing 2011 (Heyday Books) and The Nation. I'm a core faculty member in the MFA writing program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. More info and schedule of upcoming events appears at www.carolyncooke.com

Publications and Prizes

Books:

The Bostons (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)

Anthologies:

Best American Short Stories (Houghton Mifflin, 2002), Best American Short Stories (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), Prize Stories: The O.Henry Awards (Anchor Books, 1999), Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards (Anchor Books, 1998)

Journals:

New England Review, Paris Review, Ploughshares

Prizes:

The Bostons, a collection of short stories, was a winner of the PEN/ Bingham Award, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway, and was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. My fiction has appeared in two volumes each of Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards.

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Listing last updated: June 9, 2011

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Fiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Born in:

Bar Harbor, ME