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Susan Straight (born October 19, 1960 in Riverside, California) is an American author and National Book Award finalist. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Riverside is the County seat of Riverside County, California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States.

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Background

Susan Straight has published six novels, a novel for young readers and a children's book. She has also written essays and articles for numerous national publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation and Harper's Magazine, and is a frequent contributor to NPR and Salon.com. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. Harper's Magazine (also Harper's) is a monthly general-interest Magazine of literature politics culture finance and the arts Saloncom, part of Salon Media Group ( often just called Salon, is an online Her story "Mines," first published in Zoetrope All Story, was included in Best American Short Stories 2003. Zoetrope All-Story ( is an American Literary magazine that was launched in 1997 by Francis Ford Coppola. The Best American Short Stories yearly Anthology is a part of the The Best American Series published by the Houghton Mifflin Company She won a Lannan Literary Award in 2007. The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation She won a 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award for her short story "The Golden Gopher. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. "[1] She is a Professor at the University of California, Riverside and lives in Riverside, California with her three daughters. The University of California Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public Research university and one of the 10 general Riverside is the County seat of Riverside County, California, United States.

Academic career

As a student at Riverside Community College, Straight received encouragement to pursue her writing. Located in the city of Riverside California, the Riverside Community College' s first campus opened in 1916 on the site of the former Poly High School and today serves more than She went on to earn a scholarship to the University of Southern California and, in 1984, earned her M. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly F. A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers. The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in The MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a graduate creative writing program She co-founded the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts program at University of California, Riverside, where she is currently teaching. The University of California Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public Research university and one of the 10 general

Works

Novels

Anthologized stories and essays

As contributor

For younger readers

References

  1. ^ a b Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2008 Edgar Award Winners (2008-05-01). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Retrieved on 2009-05-02. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

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