Jennifer duBois explained

Jennifer duBois
Caption:Jennifer duBois in 2019
Birth Date:25 August 1983
Birth Place:Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma Mater:Tufts University
Occupation:Novelist
Awards:Whiting Award

Stegner Fellowship

Jennifer duBois (born August 25, 1983) is an American novelist. duBois is a recipient of a Whiting Award[1] and has been named a "5 Under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation.[2]

Life and Work

duBois is a graduate of Tufts University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. From 2009 to 2011, she was a Stegner Fellow[3] at Stanford University.

Her debut novel, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was the winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and the Northern California Book Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. Her second novel, Cartwheel, was the winner of the Housatonic Book Award[4] and a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. In 2018, she received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her third novel, The Spectators.[5]

Her short stories, novel excerpts, reviews, and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Narrative,[6] Lapham’s Quarterly,[7] American Short Fiction, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review,[8] Salon, Cosmopolitan, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere.

duBois is a permanent member of the faculty at Texas State University,[9] where she teaches Fiction in the Creative Writing Department.[10] She lives in Austin, Texas.

Novels

Awards and Fellowships

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jennifer duBois - WHITING AWARDS. whiting.org. 24 May 2020.
  2. Web site: The National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" Fiction, 2012. 25 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Complete list of Stegner fellows. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120602032147/http://creativewriting.stanford.edu/stegner-fellowship-complete-list-of-stegner-fellows. 2 June 2012. 25 August 2017.
  4. Web site: 2014-10-01. Finalists & Prize Winners – 2014. 2020-08-25. Housatonic Book Awards. en.
  5. Web site: 2018-10-25. Jennifer duBois. 2020-08-25. NEA. en.
  6. Web site: Jennifer duBois. 19 September 2015. Narrative Magazine. 14 December 2011 .
  7. Web site: MFA vs. CIA Jennifer duBois. 2020-08-25. Lapham’s Quarterly. 24 February 2016 . en.
  8. Web site: Jennifer duBois. 19 September 2015. TMR Content Archives.
  9. Web site: Department of English. txstate.edu. 19 September 2015.
  10. Web site: Permanent Faculty : MFA in Creative Writing : Texas State University. 24 May 2020.
  11. A Partial History of Lost Causes . The New Yorker.
  12. News: 'Cartwheel' by Jennifer duBois . Chicago Tribune.
  13. News: Thoughts on Jennifer duBois's Second Novel, Cartwheel. 2015-09-18. The Austin Review .
  14. News: 'Cartwheel' uses fiction to re-examine Amanda Knox case. The New York Times . 11 October 2013 . 2017-08-25 . Gaige . Amity .
  15. Book: THE SPECTATORS Kirkus Reviews. en.
  16. Web site: Partington. Heather Scott. 'The Spectators' by Jennifer duBois takes on LGBT issues through intimate pain. 2020-08-25. USA TODAY. en-US.
  17. Web site: 5 Under 35 2012. 2020-08-25. National Book Foundation. en-US.
  18. Web site: THE 82ND ANNUAL CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS. 25 August 2017.
  19. Web site: 32nd Annual Northern California Book Awards. 25 August 2017.
  20. Web site: PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD HONOREES. 25 August 2017.
  21. Web site: Young Lions Award List of Winners and Finalists. 25 August 2017.

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