Jennifer duBois
American writer
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| Intro | American writer | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| is | Writer Novelist | ||||||
| Work field | Literature | ||||||
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| Birth | 25 August 1983, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom | ||||||
| Age | 41 years | ||||||
| Star sign | Virgo | ||||||
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Biography
Jennifer duBois (born August 25, 1983) is an American novelist. She won a 2013 Whiting Award and was named a "5 Under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation.
Biography
duBois is a graduate of Tufts University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. From 2009 to 2011, she was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She is a permanent member of Faculty at Texas State University., teaching Fiction in the Creative Writing Department.
duBois' work has appeared in Narrative, The Missouri Review, and elsewhere.
Works
- A Partial History of Lost Causes: A Novel. Random House Publishing Group. 20 March 2012. ISBN 978-0-679-60474-7.
- Cartwheel: A Novel. Random House Publishing Group. 24 September 2013. ISBN 978-0-8129-9587-9.
- The Spectators: A Novel. Random House Publishing Group. 8 April 2019. ISBN 978-0812995886.
Awards
- California Book Award for First Fiction for A Partial History of Lost Causes
- Northern California Book Award for Fiction for A Partial History of Lost Causes
- Finalist for PEN/Hemingway Prize for Debut Fiction for A Partial History of Lost Causes
- Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Award for Cartwheel
- Whiting Award for Fiction