Tupelo Hassman is an American author.
Tupelo Hassman | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Notable awards | Alex Award |
She has published stories and articles in publications including Harper's Bazaar,[1] The Independent,[2] The New York Times,[3] and The Paris Review Daily,[4] among others.
Hassman has a Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University.[5]
Works edit
Her debut novel Girlchild was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2012.[6] The book is about a girl named Rory Dawn Hendrix who is growing up in a trailer park and reads the Girl Scout Handbook for advice.[7] It won an Alex Award in 2013.[8]
Hassman's second novel is gods with a little g (2019).[9]
References edit
- ^ "Ready or Knot", Harper's Bazaar, October 4, 2012.
- ^ "Five-minute memoir: Tupelo Hassman on the surprise healing power of a pocket shrine", The Independent, September 1, 2012.
- ^ "A Body in the Snow", The New York Times, February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Second Chances", The Paris Review Daily, February 13, 2013.
- ^ "When Gamblers and Readers Get Together, Anything Can Happen: A Q&A with Tupelo Hassman", Publishers Weekly, Gabe Habash, February 10, 2012.
- ^ "Girlchild, Publishers Weekly, 12/12/2011.
- ^ "The Perils of Coming of Age in a Trailer Park", Susannah Meadows, The New York Times, March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Alex Awards 2013 | Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)". ala.org. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
- ^ "gods with a little g". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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