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Janet Peery

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Janet Peery

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1948-07-18 (Wichita, Kansas)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Wichita, Kansas → Norfolk, Virginia

Career

Occupations
short story writer, novelist, university professor, speech therapist
Active Years
1988-2024
Affiliations
Old Dominion University
Nominations
National Book Award Finalist (1996, The River Beyond the World)

Education

Wichita State University
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Degree: BA
Country: United States
Wichita State University
Creative Writing
Degree: MFA
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
1993
Category: Fiction
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1998
Category: Fiction
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1992
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: 受賞
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award
1994
Organization: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result: 受賞
Library of Virginia Literary Award
2008
Work: What the Thunder Said
Category: Fiction
Organization: Library of Virginia
Result: 受賞
WILLA Award
2008
Work: What the Thunder Said
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Organization: Women Writing the West
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Alligator Dance

1993 Short story collection

A collection of short stories.

The River Beyond the World

1996 Novel

A novel set in Mexico. National Book Award finalist.

What the Thunder Said

2007 Novella and stories

A novella and stories. Winner of Library of Virginia Literary Award and WILLA Award.

The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs

2017 Novel

A novel.

Bibliography

  • Alligator Dance (1993)
  • The River Beyond the World (1996)
  • What the Thunder Said (2007)
  • The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs (2017)