Laura Furman
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| Laura Furman | |
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| Born | 1945 New York City |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, editor |
| Nationality | United States |
Laura Furman (born 1945) is an American author best known for her role as series editor for the O. Henry Awards prize story collection. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Mirabella, Ploughshares, Southwest Review, and elsewhere. She has written three collections of stories (The Glass House, Watch Time Fly, and Drinking with the Cook), two novels (The Shadow Line and Tuxedo Park), and a memoir (Ordinary Paradise). Furman has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship. She founded American Short Fiction, which was a three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award.
She is currently Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in writing.
[edit] Works
- Series Editor, The O.Henry Prize Stories, 2003—
- Drinking with the Cook (story collection)
- Ordinary Paradise (memoir)
- Bookworms: Great Writers and Readers Celebrate Reading (edited with Elinore Standard)
- Tuxedo Park (novel)
- Watch Time Fly (story collection)
- The Shadow Line (novel)
- The Glass House (story collection and novella)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Faculty page at the University of Texas at Austin
- Page at O. Henry Prize Stories website
- Article about Furman at The Austin Chronicle
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| NAME | Furman, Laura |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | novelist, short story writer, editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City, New York, United States |
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