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Mary Gaitskill

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1954 · age 72 · Birthday today

Mary Gaitskill is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories.

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Guggenheim Fellowship2002
Hopwood Award

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Her books include the short story collection Bad Behavior (1988) and Veronica (2005), which was nominated for both the National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.

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Writers
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Born 1954 · age 72

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