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Carolyn Osborn [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Austin, TX
Texas US
Email: 
carolyno@austin.rr.com
Bio: 

I've been a radio writer, a newspaper reporter, and part time English teacher at the Univ. of Texas. My short stories, first published in literary journals, have been gathered in four collections. This work has also appeared in collections in England, Belgium, and Mexico. Two of my novels were published by Wings Press. I'm also a frequent contributor to anthologies.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Nashville
Raised in: 
Nashville, TN & Gatesville, TX, TX
Texas
Prizes won: 

Co-winner Best Book-Length Fiction by a Southwestern Writer, Texas Books in Review; Co-winner Best Short Story Award, Texas Institute of Letters; P.E.N. Syndicated Fiction Award; Prize Stories 1990, The O. Henry Awards; Distinguished Prose Award, Antioch Review; Lon Tinkle Award, Texas Institute of Letters.

What I'm reading now: 
The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
Dancing With the Devil in the City of God by Juliana Barbassa
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
The 50s, The Story of a Decade by A new collection by the New Yorker
Antioch, Missouri, Georgia, Southwestern Reviews by I subscribe to these journals
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Teachers

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