Carolyn Ferrell
American short story writer (born 1962)
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Carolyn Ferrell (born 1962, Brooklyn, New York) is an American short story writer and novelist.
Born1962 (age 63–64)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
- Short story writer
- novelist
EducationSarah Lawrence College
City College of New York (MA)
City College of New York (MA)
Notable awardsJohn C. Zacharis First Book Award (1997)
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (1997)
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (1997)
Carolyn Ferrell | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 63–64) New York City, U.S. |
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| Education | Sarah Lawrence College City College of New York (MA) |
| Notable awards | John C. Zacharis First Book Award (1997) Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (1997) |
| Spouse | Linwood Lewis |
Life
Ferrell graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and City College of New York with an MA. She has lived, worked, and studied in West Berlin, Manhattan, and the South Bronx. She is married to and has children with psychology professor Linwood Lewis.
Her work has appeared in The Literary Review, Callaloo, Fiction, and Sojourner: The Women's Forum.
She teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College.[1][2]
Awards
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Proper Library | The Best American Short Stories | — | In | [3] |
| 1997 | Don't Erase Me: Stories | John C. Zacharis First Book Award | — | Won | [4] |
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction | Won | [5] | ||
| Quality Paperback Book Prize | — | Won | [citation needed] | ||
| 2020 | Something Street | The Best American Short Stories | |||
| 2022 | Dear Miss Metropolitan | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | — | Shortlisted | [6] |
| PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel | — | Shortlisted | [7] |
Works
- —— (1997). Don't Erase Me: Stories. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780395713273.
- —— (2021). Dear Miss Metropolitan. Holt. ISBN 9781250793614.[8][9]
Anthologies
- Susan Richards Shreve, ed. (2003). "A Child's Garden of Verse". Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing Up in America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-618-37902-6.
- John Updike; Katrina Kenison, eds. (2000). "Proper Library". The best American short stories of the century. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-395-84367-3.
- Elizabeth Merrick, ed. (2006). This is not chick lit: original stories by America's best women writers. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8129-7567-3.
- Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, ed. (2003). "Wonderful Teen". Shaking the tree: a collection of new fiction and memoir by Black women. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-05067-7.
Ploughshares
- "Proper Library", Ploughshares, Spring 1993
- "Tiger Frame Glasses", Ploughshares, Spring 1997