Background
She was born in Summit, New Jersey, and spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New New York
novelist professor short story writer
She was born in Summit, New Jersey, and spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New New York
She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts Phi Beta Kappa, and from Cornell University, with a Doctor of Philosophy She taught at Colby College.
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.