Carolyn Ferrell

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Carolyn Ferrell
Born1962 (age 6162)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • novelist
NationalityAmerican
Education Sarah Lawrence College
City College of New York (MA)
Notable awards John C. Zacharis First Book Award (1997)
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (1997)
SpouseLinwood Lewis

Carolyn Ferrell (born 1962, Brooklyn, New York) is an American short story writer and novelist.

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Life

Ferrell graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and City College of New York with an MA. She has lived, worked, and studied in West Berlin, Manhattan, and the South Bronx. She is married to and has children with psychology professor Linwood Lewis.

Her work has appeared in The Literary Review , Callaloo , Fiction , and Sojourner: The Women’s Forum.

She teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College. [1] [2]

Awards

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
1994? The Best American Short Stories In [3]
1997Don't Erase Me: Stories John C. Zacharis First Book Award Won [4]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Won [5]
Quality Paperback Book PrizeWon[ citation needed ]
2022Dear Miss Metropolitan PEN/Hemingway Award Shortlisted [6]
PEN Faulkner Award Shortlisted [7]

Works

Anthologies

Ploughshares

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References

  1. Yolanda Williams Page, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-313-33429-0.
  2. Writing Faculty sarahlawrence.edu
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  4. "John C. Zacharis First Book Award | Awards and Honors | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
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  7. "Announcing the Winner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | The PEN/Faulkner Foundation". www.penfaulkner.org. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  8. "Dear Miss Metropolitan". Macmillan Publishers. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  9. Ferrell, Carolyn. "Carolyn Ferrell: Sarah Lawrence College Faculty Page". Sarah Lawrence College. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 29 June 2021.