Laura Kalpakian

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Laura Anne Kalpakian (born June 28, 1945) [1] is an American author. She has also published under the pen names Juliet Fitzgerald [2] and Carenna Jane Greye. She is known for her work in the memoir genre.

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Life and career

Kalpakian was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Peggy (Kalpakian), a secretary, and William Johnson, a technical representative. [3] [4] She grew up in southern California. She earned her undergraduate degree from University of California, Riverside in 1967. After starting her career as a social worker, she earned a master's degree from the University of Delaware in 1970. She earned a Ph.D. in literature from the University of California, San Diego in 1977.

She has received funding from the National Endowment of the Arts and has won a Pushcart Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and the first Anahid Literary Award for an American writer of Armenian descent. [5] [6]

Kalpakian's 1992 novel Graced Land was adapted into the TV movie The Woman Who Loved Elvis , directed by Bill Bixby and starring Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold. [7]

Her sons are composer Bear McCreary and singer/musician Brendan McCreary.

Selected works

As Laura Kalpakian
As Juliet Jackson
As Carenna Jane Greye

References

  1. ↑ https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4g5020tn/
  2. ↑ Pilcer, Sonia (December 2, 1990). Fiction. (review of Belle Haven). Los Angeles Times
  3. ↑ Locher, Frances Carol; Evory, Ann (1979). Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Works. Ed. Frances Carol Locher. Gale Research International, Limited. ISBN   9780810300460.
  4. ↑ Kalpakian, Laura. ""I'd like to thank….."". Goodreads.
  5. ↑ Polk, James (November 11, 1990). In short: Fiction. New York Times
  6. ↑ Staff report (September 19, 1999). Booksellers trade show comes to Spokane. Spokane Spokesman-Review
  7. ↑ Wilson, Margo (18 April 1993). "San Bernadino's Elvis shrine will shake up TV tonight". The San Bernadino County Sun. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian: 9781101990186 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
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