Bobbie Ann Mason
Bobbie Ann Mason (born May 1, 1940) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic. Her memoir was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 1985, she published her first novel, In Country, which eventually was made into a fea
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Bobbie Ann Mason (born May 1, 1940) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic. Her memoir was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 1985, she published her first novel, In Country, which eventually was made into a feature film. She followed In Country with another novel in 1988, Spence and Lila. Mason became the second living author to be inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. Her short stories have appeared in numerous magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, Mother Jones, The New Yorker and The Paris Review. Mason has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was a writer in residence at the University of Kentucky until 2011.
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