Karen joy fowler biography of barack

Personal

Born February 7, 1950, in Bloomington, IN; daughter of Cletus and Joy Arthur (Fossum) Burke; married Hugh Fowler, 1972; children: Ryan, Shannon.

Education: Attended University of California, Berkeley, 1968-70, B.A., 1972; attended State University of New York, 1970-71; University of California, Davis, M.A., 1974.

Addresses

Home— Davis, CA. Agent— Wendy Weil, Wendy Weil Agency, 747 Third Ave., New York, NY10017.

[email protected].

Career

Novelist and short story writer. Instructor at Clarion and Clarion West Writers' Workshops, and at Imagination Workshop, Cleveland State University.

Awards, Honors

John W.

Campbell Memorial Award (Hugo Award) for best new writer, World Science Fiction Society, 1987; grant from National Endowment for the Arts, 1988; Commonwealth Club Medal, 1991, for Sarah Canary; World Fantasy Award for Best Collection, World Fantasy Convention, 1999, for Black Glass: Short Fictions; finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award