Kate Walbert
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Kate Walbert is an American writer. She lives in New York with her family.
Walbert received her MA in English from New York University
. She teaches creative writing at Yale University
. Her debut was a collection of stories Where She Went (1998).
Her latest novel is A Short History of Women (2009) and was received by the New York Times' critic with words: "Nearly everything about Kate Walbert’s new novel is wickedly smart, starting with the title."
The Gardens of Kyoto (2001) is based on her award winning (Pushcart Prize
and O. Henry Award
) story with the same name.
Walbert received her MA in English from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. She teaches creative writing at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. Her debut was a collection of stories Where She Went (1998).
Her latest novel is A Short History of Women (2009) and was received by the New York Times' critic with words: "Nearly everything about Kate Walbert’s new novel is wickedly smart, starting with the title."
The Gardens of Kyoto (2001) is based on her award winning (Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
and O. Henry Award
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American master of the form, O. Henry....
) story with the same name.
Works
- A Short History of Women, ScribnerCharles Scribner's SonsCharles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon...
, 2009 novel - Our Kind, novel (nominee: National Book AwardNational Book AwardThe 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...
2004) - The Gardens of Kyoto, Scribner, 2001, novel (Connecticut Book Award in Fiction Award 2002) ISBN 9781439189955
- Where She Went, 1998 (stories) The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
: Notable Book of 1998 - Year of the Woman (drama)
- Quiet, She Said (drama)
- Elsewhere (drama)