Kaye Gibbons
Author of Ellen Foster
About the Author
Kaye Gibbons was born on May 5, 1960 in Nash County, North Carolina. She received a bachelor's degree in American literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her first novel, Ellen Foster, was published in 1987. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American show more Academy of Arts and Letters, was chosen as one of Oprah's Book Club Selections, and was adapted into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. Her other novels include The Virtuous Woman, A Cure for Dreams, Sights Unseen, On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon, Divining Women, The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster, The Lunatics' Ball, and The Secret Devotions of Mary Magdalen. Her novel Charms for the Easy Life was also adapted into a made-for-television movie. She also received the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, which recognized her contribution to French Literature in 1996 and she received the North Carolina Award for Literature in 1998. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Birthdate
- 1960-05-05
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Nash County, North Carolina, USA
- Places of residence
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - Education
- North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Occupations
- novelist
- Organizations
- Fellowship of Southern Writers
- Awards and honors
- Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (American Academy Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters)
Special Citation from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation
Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Prize in Creative Writing - Agent
- Liz Darhansoff
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