Joy Williams
American novelist and short story writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1944 · age 82
Joy Williams is an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Best-known for her short fiction, she is also the author of novels including State of Grace, The Quick and the Dead, and Harrow.
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Williams has received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, a Rea Award for the Short Story, a Kirkus Award for Fiction, and a Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82
