Background

Sharp, Paula was born on November 12, 1957 in San Diego, California, United States. Daughter of Rodman A. and R. C. Sharp.

Education

Bachelor in Comparative Literature with highest distinction, Dartmouth College, 1979. Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1985.

Career

Teacher Assumption All Saints School, Jersey City, 1979-1981. Translation Latin American fiction for writers, including Antonio Skarmeta, New York City, since 1982. Staff attorney criminal appeals division Legal Aid Society, Manhattan, 1986-1992.

Writer, since 1988

Visiting lecturer Yale University, spring 1991. Visiting author and lecturer Bryn Mawr College, fall 1994.

Achievements

• Paula Sharp has been listed as a notable fiction writer by Marquis.

Works

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  • Lost in Jersey City: A Novel

    (Moving from Baton Rouge to Jersey City, innocent but dete...)

  • The Woman Who Was Not All There

    (This amusing first novel is a slow starter as it chronicl...)

  • Crows Over a Wheatfield by Sharp, Paula (1996) Hardcover

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  • The Woman Who Was Not All There
  • Crows Over a Wheatfield Crows Over a Wheatfield CROWS OVER A WHEATFIELD CROWS OVER A WHEATFIELD By Sharp, Paula ( Author )Aug-08-1996 Hardcover
  • Crows Over A Wheatfield
  • Crows Over A Wheatfield Paperback November 1, 1997

Membership

Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Association, Academy American Poets, New York State Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Ross Eatman, April 13, 1997.

father:

Rodman A.

mother:

R. C. Sharp

spouse:

Ross Eatman