Susan Kenney
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
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Mysteries
- Garden of Malice. Penguin Group USA. 1992. ISBN 978-0-14-016966-9.
- Graves in Academe. Penguin Books. 1986. ISBN 978-0-14-009386-5.
- One Fell Sloop. Viking. 1990. ISBN 978-0-670-83537-9.
Novels
- In Another Country. Penguin Books. 1985. ISBN 978-0-14-007407-9.
- Sailing. Viking. 1988. ISBN 978-0-670-81229-5.
Anthologies
- Wesley McNair, ed. (2005). "The Death of the Dog and Other Rescues". Contemporary Maine fiction: an anthology of short stories. Down East Enterprise Inc. ISBN 978-0-89272-693-6.
References
- ↑ Susan Kenney (1941 – ) Waterboro Public Library Maine Writers Index, July 30, 2007. Accessed February 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Susan McIlvaine Kenney". Archived from the original on September 22, 2006.
- ↑ "Edwin Kenney Jr., 50, Professor and Writer". The New York Times. December 10, 1992.
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