Alice McDermott
American writer, novelist, essayist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1953 · age 73
Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. She is the author of nine novels and a collection of essays. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Orange Prize.
Alice McDermott is read about 62 times a day, in 9 languages.
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About this person
That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her most recent novel, Absolution was awarded the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.
Where to find them
The same award as Alice
Stephen Graham JonesBoth received Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
Stanley CrouchBoth received Whiting AwardsCharles FrazierBoth received National Book Award for Fiction
Robert StoneBoth received National Book Award for Fiction
Megha MajumdarBoth received Whiting Awards
Susan ChoiBoth received National Book Award for Fiction