Sandra Novack

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Sandra Novack
Born1972 (age 5152)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Education Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
Genre Literary fiction
Website
sandranovack.com

Sandra Novack (born 1972) is an American writer of a novel and short stories. Her debut novel, Precious, was a Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2009. [1]

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Early life and education

Novack was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1972, to Joanne Novack, a court systems operator at Lehigh County Courthouse, and Joseph Novack, a millwright at Bethlehem Steel.

In 2003, she received her Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont. [2]

Career

Novack's short stories have been published in The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, Gulf Coast , Descant, and Chattahoochee Review .

Stephen King named Novack's story "Memphis" a "Distinguished Story" in The Best American Short Stories , published in 2007. [3] She has been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize, and her nonfiction work "Hunk" was nominated as a runner-up for the 2006 Iowa Review Award, [4] and she is a recipient of the 2010-2011 Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship [5] and 2011 Illinois Arts Council grant. [6]

Her short story collection, Everyone But You, was published by Random House in 2011. [7] Her work has been translated into Dutch. [8]

Personal life

Novack lives in Oak Park, Illinois. [5]

Works

Novels

Short stories

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References

  1. Booklist top 10 first novels of 2009 Book List Online
  2. Siegel, S. Valley native returns to roots for novel The Morning Call, March 15, 2009
  3. Kinchen, D. Debut novel 'Precious' explores complex issues of marriage, children, friends and neighbors The Huntington News, March 15, 2009
  4. "2006 Iowa Review Award announcements". Archived from the original on July 21, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "The Christopher Isherwood Foundation". Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  6. "FY11 Individual Artist Support Initiative Recipients | Illinois Arts Council Agency".
  7. Catalog randomhouse.com [ dead link ]
  8. Novack, S. 2009. De Terugkeer (Trans. J. Dekker), Boekerij