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A Short Biography of Gail Kathleen Godwin

Author Name:

Gail Kathleen Godwin

Born As:

Other Names:

Gail Kathleen Godwin

Born:

18 Jun 1937

Died:





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Novelist                          
Selected Works:
	
The Perfectionists - 1970
A Sorrowful Woman - 1971
Glass People - 1972
The Odd Woman - 1974 - National Book Award nominee
Dream Children - 1976 - collection
Violet Clay - 1978 - National Book Award nominee
A Mother and Two Daughters - 1982 - National Book Award nominee
Mr Bedford and the Muses - 1983 - collection
The Finishing School - 1984
A Southern Family - 1987
Father Melancholy’s Daughter - 1991
The Good Husband
Evensong - 1999
Heart - 2001 - nonfiction
Evenings at Five - 2003
Queen of the Underworld - 2006
The Making of a Writer - 2006.                          
                          
Honors:-
Three National Book Award nominations
Guggenheim Fellowship, 
National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing.
Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. 
Five of her novels have been on the New York Times best seller list.