Joanna Pearson

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Joanna Pearson
Occupation
  • writer
  • psychiatrist
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars (MFA)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (MD)
Period Contemporary
Genres Mystery fiction
Thriller
Children2
Website
joanna-pearson.com

Joanna Pearson is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and psychiatrist. She published two books of short stories, Every Human Love, in 2019, and Now You Know it All, in 2021, and a novel, Bright and Tender Dark, in 2024. Pearson is a recipient of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize and the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.

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Early life and education

Pearson grew up in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [1] She was presented at the North Carolina Debutante Ball in Raleigh in 1999. [1]

Pearson graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002. [2] She obtained a master of fine arts degree in poetry from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and a medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. [3] [4]

Career

Her short stories have appeared in The Alaska Quarterly Review , storySouth , Blackbird , Colorado Review , Mississippi Review , Shenandoah , and Joyland . [3] [1] [5] In 2012, she won the Donald Justice Poetry Prize. Her short story "Mr. Forble" appeared in The Best American Mystery and Suspense in 2021. Her short story "Grand Mal" appeared in The Best American Short Stories in 2023. [3] In May 2019, she published a collection of short stories, titled Every Human Love. [3] In 2021, she was awarded the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for her second book of short stories, Now You Know It All. [6] [7] She was nominated for the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and a Virginia Literary Award. [8] She was the only North Carolinian in South Arts' inaugural class of State Fellows for Literary Arts. [9]

Her debut novel, Bright and Tender Dark, was published by Bloomsbury Press in 2024. [8] The novel is a literary mystery. [10] [11]

Pearson also works as a psychiatrist. [12]

Personal life

Pearson lives in Carrboro, North Carolina with her husband and two children. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pearson, Joanna. "Confession: I Was a Reluctant Debutante". storySouth . Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Joanna Pearson". UNC English & Comparative Literature.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Best American Short Stories 2023".
  4. 1 2 Edwards, Sarah (June 26, 2024). "A profile of Carrboro author Joanna Pearson". INDY Week.
  5. ↑ "Joanna Pearson | Kenyon Review Author". The Kenyon Review.
  6. ↑ www.utimes.pitt.edu https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/nc-psychiatrist-wins-drue.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Duffus, Matthew (June 4, 2024). ""An Entirely New Kind of Challenge": A Conversation with Joanna Pearson".
  8. 1 2 "Bright and Tender Dark with Joanna Pearson". Style Weekly.
  9. ↑ Keck, Aaron (June 5, 2024). "On Air Today: Joanna Pearson, 'Bright and Tender Dark'".
  10. ↑ Dumpleton, Elise (June 4, 2024). "Q&A: Joanna Pearson, Author of 'Bright and Tender Dark'".
  11. ↑ Commission, Orange County Arts (January 19, 2024). "Joanna Pearson's Debut Novel 'Bright and Tender Dark' Is a Thrilling Literary Mystery".
  12. ↑ "Writers' Day Jobs: Joanna Pearson - The Cincinnati Review". May 25, 2021.
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