Pamela Erens is an American writer who appeared on a list compiled by the Reader's Digest of "23 Contemporary Writers You Should Have Read by Now".[1] She has written three critically acclaimed novels for adults, a highly praised novel for middle schoolers,[2][3] and the memoir/critical hybrid Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life.[4] Her debut novel, The Understory (2007), was a fiction finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing[5] and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize,.[6] Erens's second novel, The Virgins (2013), received accolades from many sources including The New York Times, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair.[7] It was a finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award.[8] Her third novel, Eleven Hours, was published in May 2016.[9] It was named a Best Book of 2016 by The New Yorker,[10] NPR,[11] and Kirkus.[12] Erens's middle grade novel, Matasha, was published in June 2021.[13] Erens has also written essays and critical articles for publications such as The New York Times, Vogue, Elle, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Los Angeles Review of Books.[14]
Biography edit
Pamela Erens was brought up in Chicago. Her mother Patricia lectured on film at Rosary College and her father was an attorney.[15][16] Erens was educated at the Latin School of Chicago, and had a novel published at the age of 14 entitled Fight for Freedom: A Slave Girl's Escape; it was written when she was 10. It concerned the escape to the North of an Arkansas slave girl, accompanied by Harriet Tubman.[15][17] She went on to study at Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. Erens has been a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference[18] and the Sewanee Writers' Conference.[19] For many years she was an editor at Glamour magazine.[17] She lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.[20][21]
References edit
- ^ 23 Contemporary Writers You Should Have Read by Now Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "Meg Wolitzer on MATASHA in the New York Times!". PAMELA ERENS. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ MATASHA | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life – Ig Publishing". Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ 2008 fiction finalist | Stanford University Libraries Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "Book Prizes – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books» 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". events.latimes.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
- ^ amazon.com Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "Binghamton University - Academics: Schools and Colleges: Harpur College: English: Creative Writing: BInghamton Center for Writers: Binghamton Book Awards: John Gardner Past Winners". Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ Pamela Erens : News Archived 2015-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "The Books We Loved in 2016". The New Yorker. 13 December 2016.
- ^ "NPR's Book Concierge".
- ^ "Best Fiction of 2016 | Kirkus Reviews". www.kirkusreviews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Matasha – Ig Publishing". Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "Shorter Pieces". PAMELA ERENS. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ^ a b The Chicago Tribune, June 25, 1978, page 121 Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ SAIC - Patricia Erens - School of the Art Institute of Chicago Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^ a b The Smoking Poet Interviews Pamela Erens Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 2015 Fellow and Scholar Bios" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/sewaneewriters/posts/1015215064982287 [user-generated source]
- ^ Maplewood Author Pamela Erens Talks About her Dark Side Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Maplewood Literary Award — PAMELA ERENS Retrieved 2016-10-31.