Jennifer duBois
American novelist
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Jennifer duBois (born August 25, 1983) is an American novelist. duBois is a recipient of a Whiting Award[1] and has been named a National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 honoree.
Stegner Fellowship
Jennifer duBois | |
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Jennifer duBois in 2019 | |
| Born | August 25, 1983 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Notable awards | Whiting Award; Stegner Fellowship |
Life and work
Born in Northampton, MA in 1983,[2] duBois is a graduate of Tufts University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. From 2009 to 2011, she was a Stegner Fellow[3] at Stanford University.
Her debut novel, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was the winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction[4] and the Northern California Book Award for Fiction,[5] and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction.[6] Her second novel, Cartwheel, was the winner of the Housatonic Book Award[7] and a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award.[8] In 2018, she received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her third novel, The Spectators.[9]
Her short stories, novel excerpts, reviews, and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Narrative,[10] Lapham’s Quarterly,[11] American Short Fiction, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review,[12] Salon, Cosmopolitan, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere.
duBois is a permanent member of the faculty at Texas State University,[13] where she teaches Fiction in the Creative Writing Department.[14] She lives in Austin, Texas.
Novels
- A Partial History of Lost Causes: A Novel. Random House Publishing Group. 2012. ISBN 978-0-679-60474-7.[15]
- Cartwheel: A Novel. Random House Publishing Group. 2013. ISBN 978-0-8129-9587-9.[16][17][18]
- The Spectators: A Novel. Random House Publishing Group. 2019. ISBN 978-0812995886.[19][20]
- The Last Language: A Novel. Milkweed Editions. 2023. ISBN 9781639551088.[21]
Awards and fellowships
- 2009–2011: Wallace Stegner Fellow, Stanford University[3]
- 2012: National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree[22][23]
- 2013: California Book Award for First Fiction (for A Partial History of Lost Causes)[4]
- 2013: Northern California Book Award for Fiction (for A Partial History of Lost Causes)[5]
- 2013: Finalist, PEN/Hemingway Prize for Debut Fiction (for A Partial History of Lost Causes)[6]
- 2013: Whiting Award for Fiction[1]
- 2014: Finalist, New York Public Library Young Lions Award (for Cartwheel)[8]
- 2014: Housatonic Book Award (for Cartwheel)[7]
- 2018: National Endowment for the Arts Fellow (for The Spectators)[9]
