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Elizabeth Graver [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
New York , NY
New York US
Email: 
graver@bc.edu
Bio: 

Elizabeth Graver’s novel, The End of the Point, was on the long list for the 2013 National Book Award in Fiction, as well a New York Times Notable Book of the Year . She is the author of three other novels: Awake, The Honey Thief, and Unravelling. Her short story collection, Have You Seen Me?, won the 1991 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her work has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories (1991, 2001); Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards (1994, 1996, 2001), The Pushcart Prize Anthology (2001), and Best American Essays (1998). Her story “The Mourning Door” was awarded the Cohen Prize from Ploughshares Magazine. The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Yaddo and MacDowell, she teaches at Boston College.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
French
Twitter/X: 
@elizabethgrave2
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
Williamstown , MA
Massachusetts
Website: 
https://www.elizabethgraver.com [2]
Prizes won: 

National Book Award Long List, Drue Heinz Literature Prize; Guggenheim Fellowship; NEA Fellowship; Cohen Award for the Short Story; MacDowell Fellow; Blue Mountain Center Fellow, Newhouse Fellowship at Wellesley College. 

Literary Agent: 
Henry Dunow
Education: 
Washington University
Writers Retreats: 
MacDowell
Identifies as: 
Jewish
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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