Jaimy Gordon is an American writer. She was born in Baltimore, graduated from Antioch College

Antioch College

Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was the founder and the flagship institution of the six-campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with politician and...

 in 1966, received an M.A. in English from Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 in 1972, and earned Doctor of Arts in Creative Writing in l975, also from Brown. She lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...

, where she teaches in the MFA program of Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....

. She is author of the underground fantasy classic Shamp of the City-Solo. Her fourth novel, Lord of Misrule, published by McPherson & Co., won the 2010 National Book Award

National Book Award

The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...

 for fiction.

Literary works

• Lord of Misrule (McPherson & Company, 2010)
• Bogeywoman
• Circumspections from an Equestrian Statue (Burning Deck, 1979)
• Private T. Pigeon's Tale (Treacle Press, 1979)
• The Bend, The Lip, The Kid (Sun Press, 1978)
• The Rose of the West (Woodbine Press, 1976)
• Shamp of the City-Solo (Treacle Press, 1974)
• She Drove Without Stopping

Sources

• Gargoyle Magazine: An Interview with Jaimy Gordon

External links

• WMU Press Release
• Jaimy Gordon Faculty Page
• 2010 National Book Award Finalist, Fiction
• Western Michigan University professor Jaimy Gordon named National Book Award finalist
• 2011 radio interview at The Bat Segundo Show
  The Bat Segundo Show
  The Bat Segundo Show is a podcast based in New York run by writer and literary critic Edward Champion.The program features comprehensive interviews with prominent figures in arts and culture, with a special focus on literature. Past guests have included David Mitchell, David Lynch, Amy Sedaris,...
  
  
• A Surprise Nomination, a Publisher's Quandary