Harriet Scott Chessman Explained

Harriet Scott Chessman
Birth Date:16 January 1951
Birth Place:Newark, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist
Education:Wellesley College (BA)
Yale University (PhD)
Period:1999–present
Genre:Literary fiction
Notableworks:Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, Someone Not Really Her Mother
Spouse:Bryan J. Wolf

Harriet Scott Chessman (born January 16, 1951) is an American author of four novels, including Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, a #1 Booksense Pick,[1] Someone Not Really Her Mother, a Good Morning America book club choice,[2] and The Beauty of Ordinary Things. Chessman's subjects often center on mortality, love, trauma, and the restorative power of art.

Biography

Harriet Scott Chessman grew up in the Welsh Hills of Ohio. She received her PhD in English from Yale University in 1979, and her B.A. cum laude from Wellesley College in 1972. She has taught literature and creative writing at Yale University,[3] Bread Loaf School of English, and Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. She lived for twelve years in Palo Alto, California, with her husband Bryan J. Wolf, the Jeannette and William Hayden Jones Professor in American Art and Culture at Stanford University.[4] She now lives in Connecticut.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper . Publishers Weekly . October 29, 2001 . April 26, 2013.
  2. News: Excerpt: 'Someone Not Really Her Mother' . ABC News . September 21, 2004 . April 26, 2013.
  3. News: A Voice Out of the Silence: Imagining the Other Cassatt . Dinitia Smoth . New York Times . March 4, 2002 . April 29, 2013.
  4. Web site: Home . harrietchessman.com.
  5. News: There Is a Lot of Here Here . Richard Howard . New York Times . May 3, 1998 . April 29, 2013.