Nancy Rawles
American playwright, novelist and teacher
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Nancy Rawles is an American playwright, novelist, and teacher. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award.
Life
Rawles grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. Rawles studied play writing in Chicago with Linda Walsh Jenkins and Steven Carter. She later studied with C. Bernard Jackson of the Los Angeles (Inner City) Cultural Center and Valerie Curtis Newton of The Hansberry Project. She is a contributor to the Female Sexual Ethics Project at Brandeis University under the direction of Bernadette Brooten, Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies.[1]
Awards
In 2005, Booklist included My Jim on their list of year's the best "Adult Books for Young Adults".[2]
In 2007, Rawles received an Artist Trust Fellowship in Fiction.[citation needed]
| Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | My Jim | Seattle Reads | [citation needed] | |
| 1998 | Love Like Gumbo | American Book Award | Winner | [citation needed] |
| 1998 | Washington State Governor's Writers Award | [citation needed] | ||
| 2000 | Astraea Foundation, Claire of the Moon Award for Fiction | [citation needed] | ||
| 2006 | My Jim | Alex Awards | Winner | [3][4] |
| 2006 | My Jim | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction | Winner | [5][6] |
Works
Novels
- Love Like Gumbo. Fjord Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-940242-75-3.
- Crawfish Dreams. Random House, Inc. 2003. ISBN 978-0-385-50418-8.
- My Jim. Crown Publishers. 2005. ISBN 978-1-4000-5400-8.
Criticism
- Rawles, Nancy (July 10, 2005). "Chains of Madness". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
