Susan Kenney Explained
Susan McIlvaine Kenney (born April 28, 1941) is an American short story writer and novelist.
Life
She was born in Summit, New Jersey,[1] and spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, and from Cornell University, with a Ph.D. She taught at Colby College.[2]
She married professor Edwin Kenney, who died on December 8, 1992; they had two children, James and Anne.[3]
Awards
- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
- New York State Regents Graduate Fellowship
- 1982 O. Henry Award for "Facing Front"
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, 1983–1984
- New Voice Literary Award, In Another Country, 1985
- ALN Notable Books of the Year, for In Another Country
- 1989 New York Times Notable Paperback of the Year, for Sailing
Works
Mysteries
- Book: Garden of Malice. Penguin Group USA. 1992. 978-0-14-016966-9 .
- Book: Graves in Academe. Penguin Books. 1986. 978-0-14-009386-5 .
- Book: One Fell Sloop. registration. Viking. 1990. 978-0-670-83537-9 .
Novels
- Book: In Another Country . Penguin Books . 1985 . 978-0-14-007407-9 . registration .
- Book: Sailing. Viking. 1988. 978-0-670-81229-5. registration.
Anthologies
- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=9rB6TrFOmtoC&dq=Susan+Kenney&pg=PA135. The Death of the Dog and Other Rescues. Contemporary Maine fiction: an anthology of short stories. Wesley McNair. Down East Enterprise Inc. 2005. 978-0-89272-693-6 .
Notes and References
- http://www.waterborolibrary.org/MWI_detail.php?authID=182 Susan Kenney (1941 –)
- Web site: Susan McIlvaine Kenney. https://web.archive.org/web/20060922182316/http://www.colby.edu/profile/smkenney/. September 22, 2006.
- News: Edwin Kenney Jr., 50, Professor and Writer. December 10, 1992. The New York Times.
