Mary Clyde Explained

Mary Clyde
Birth Date:19 February 1953
Birth Place:Provo, Utah, U.S.
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:American
Education:Brigham Young University
University of Utah (MA)
Vermont College (MFA)
Genre:Short story
Awards:Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (1999)
Children:5

Mary Clyde (born February 19, 1953, in Provo, Utah) is an American short story writer, author of Survival Rates (W.W. Norton, 2001), which won the 1999 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction[1] from the University of Georgia Press. Clyde was praised for her work by The New York Times: "Clyde's writing has many strengths, but the greatest one is her ability to transform a shallow experience into something resembling hope. That she does so with intelligence and wit makes this collection as good as they get."[2] She graduated from Brigham Young University, University of Utah, with an M.A., in 1977, and Vermont College, with an M.F.A., in 1997. She is the mother of five children: Emily Clyde Curtis, Sarah, Rachel June Jones, David, and Thomas.

Published works

Short Story Collections

Anthology Publications

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Notes and References

  1. http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=6807 W.W. Norton > Author Page > Mary Clyde
  2. News: It's No Fun Being Normal. Karen Karbo. March 28, 1999. The New York Times.