Anna Solomon

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Anna Solomon is an American novelist. [1]

Prior to writing her first novel, she was a journalist for National Public Radio. [2] She then received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. [3] Her first book, the 2011 novel The Little Bride, is about the life of an orphaned, Jewish girl from the Russian Pale of settlement who goes to a South Dakota farm as a mail order bride. [4]

Her second novel is Leaving Lucy Pear, [5] a story about a baby that has been abandoned in a pear orchard. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

She is the two time recipient of the Pushcart Prize [2] and the recipient of the Missouri Review Editor's Prize. [3]

Solomon was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts and lives in Brooklyn, New York along with her two kids. [11]

Books

References

  1. ↑ Siegel, Sophie (2016-09-22). "Interview: Anna Solomon". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  2. 1 2 "Anna Solomon | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  3. 1 2 Schaff, Sara. "Truth Before Accuracy: An Interview with Anna Solomon". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  4. ↑ Lambert, Josh (29 September 2011). "Bride Shipped from Shtetl to South Dakota". The Forward . Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Novel 'Leaving Lucy Pear' An Intricate Tale Of Secrets, Class And Motherhood". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  6. ↑ Beidenharm, Isabella (5 August 2016). "'Leaving Lucy Pear' by Anna Solomon: EW review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Leavitt, Caroline (29 July 2016). "Tale of an abandoned baby in Prohibition era New England". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Shipstead, Maggie (5 August 2016). "A Novel's Abandoned Baby Links the Lives of Two Women". The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "In 'Leaving Lucy Pear,' 2 Women Are Forever Linked By A Baby Girl". WBUR. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Lemburger, Michael (Summer 2016). "Poverty, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Class in Anna Solomon's "Leaving Lucy Pear"". Lilith . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Anna Solomon | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
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