Ann Beattie
Author of The New Yorker stories
About the Author
Ann Beattie was born in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 1947. She received a B.A. from American University in 1969 and an M.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1970. She began her writing career when she was just twenty-five, with the short story A Platonic Relationship, published in The New show more Yorker. Regular contributions to the magazine resulted in her first collection of short stories, Distortions, published in 1976. Her first novel, Chilly Scenes of Winter, was also published that year. Later works include Park City, Another You, Where You'll Find Me, and Walks with Men. Her work was honored with a Guggenheim fellowship in 1978, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1980, and the Rea Award for the Short Story in 2005. She has taught at Harvard College, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Ann Beattie
Postais de inverno 1 copy
Complete Stories 1960-1992: Dean of Men / In the Miro District / The Old Forest / Other Stories 1 copy
CASA EN LLAMAS LA 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Save a horse, ride a cowgirl 1 copy
The Rabbit Hole as Likely Explanation (in The New Granta Book of the American Short Story - FORD) 1 copy
Janus 1 copy
Weekend 1 copy
Solid Wood 1 copy
For the best 1 copy
Honey 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 451 copies
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contributor — 345 copies
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (1998) — Contributor — 298 copies
McSweeney's Issue 23 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Still Going Strong Like Castro (We Meant Ramón) (2007) — Contributor — 290 copies
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012) — Introduction — 220 copies
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contributor — 186 copies
More Stories We Tell: The Best Contemporary Short Stories by North American Women (2004) — Contributor — 63 copies
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Contributor — 12 copies
Amerika, Amerika bloemlezing — Contributor — 8 copies
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- Canonical name
- Beattie, Ann
- Birthdate
- 1947-09-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Places of residence
- Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Key West, Florida, USA - Education
- American University (BA|1969)
University of Connecticut (MA|1970) - Occupations
- professor
fiction writer - Relationships
- Perry, Lincoln (husband)
- Organizations
- University of Virginia
- Awards and honors
- Rea Award for the Short Story (2005)
PEN/Malamud Award (2000)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1980)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1992)
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Statistics
- Works
- 59
- Also by
- 47
- Members
- 3,952
- Popularity
- #6,394
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 59
- ISBNs
- 169
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 15