Anita Shreve (1946–2018)
Author of The Pilot's Wife
About the Author
Anita Shreve grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts. After receiving a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University, she taught high school English for five years before becoming a full-time author. She worked for an English-language magazine in Nairobi and wrote for everything from Cosmopolitan show more magazine to The New York Times. Her nonfiction books included Remaking Motherhood and Women Together, Women Alone. Her novels included Eden Close, Strange Fits of Passion, Where or When, Fortune's Rocks, Rescue, Stella Bain, and The Stars are Fire. Several of her books were made into movies including The Pilot's Wife, Resistance, and The Weight of Water. She died from cancer on March 29, 2018 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Anita Shreve
The Fortune's Rocks Quartet: Fortune's Rocks, Sea Glass, The Pilot's Wife, Body Surfing (2010) 8 copies
Anita Shreve 10 Books Collection Including The Weight of Water, All He Ever Wanted, The Pilot's Wife, Eden Close,… (2010) 4 copies
Unwind 1 copy
A Wedding 1 copy
Pilot?s Wife 1 copy
Fortune?s Rock 1 copy
Associated Works
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Contributor — 67 copies
Resistance [2003 film] — Original novel — 7 copies
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- Canonical name
- Shreve, Anita
- Legal name
- Shreve, Anita Hale
- Birthdate
- 1946-10-07
- Date of death
- 2018-03-29
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Place of death
- Newfields, New Hampshire, USA
- Cause of death
- breast cancer
- Places of residence
- Nairobi, Kenya
Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA
Dedham, Massachusetts, USA - Education
- Tufts University (BA|1968)
Dedham High School - Occupations
- teacher (English, high school)
journalist
writer - Organizations
- Chi Omega
- Awards and honors
- New England Book Award (Fiction, 1998)
O. Henry Prize (1976) - Agent
- William Morris Agency
- Short biography
- Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting (published in 1975), was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.
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