Fiction Writer
Turners Falls,
MA
Massachusetts US
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Publications & Prizes
Anthologies:
American Sandwich (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2002)
, Outlooks and Insights (St. Martin's Press, 1995)
Book:
Talking The New Land (Houghton Mifflin, 2018)
Journals:
Berkshire Review
, Puerto del Sol
, Salt
Prizes won:
Spencer Prize for Excellence in Writing, Smith College, 1990
Mt. Holyoke Writer’s Conference Fellowship, 1991
Intro Journal Award, Associated Writing Programs, 1994
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, 1994
Tara Fellowship for Short Fiction, The Heekin Group Foundation, 1994
Publisher’s Finalist, The Heekin Group Foundation Novelist Fellowship, 1999
Vermont Studio Center Fellowships, April 1994, January and November 2003
Hampshire Life Short Story Prize, 2004
A Room of Her Own Retreat Fellowship, 2007, 2009
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Portuguese American
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
Portuguese
Born in:
Sao Martinho da Cortica
Portugal
Raised in:
Peabody,
MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Jan 27, 2016