Rosemary Mahoney
Encyclopedia
Rosemary Mahoney is an American non-fiction writer.
She grew up in Milton, Massachusetts
. She graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)
. She worked for Lillian Hellman
.
She has attended Yaddo
.
She has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The New York Times Book Review, Elle, National Geographic Traveler, O Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine.
The Early Arrival of Dreams; A Year in China, was a New York Times Notable Book in 1990, and Whoredom in Kimmage, The World of Irish Women, was a New York Times Notable book and National Book Critics Circle Award
finalist in 1994,
British writer Jan Morris
has listed her 2007 Down the Nile; Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff, as one of the 86 best travel books of all time.
, a National Endowment for the Arts
grant, and is also the recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow.
She grew up in Milton, Massachusetts
Milton, Massachusetts
Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 27,003 at the 2010 census. Milton is the birthplace of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and architect Buckminster Fuller. Milton also has the highest percentage of...
. She graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)
St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)
St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...
. She worked for Lillian Hellman
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence "Lily" Hellman was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes...
.
She has attended Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...
.
She has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The New York Times Book Review, Elle, National Geographic Traveler, O Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine.
The Early Arrival of Dreams; A Year in China, was a New York Times Notable Book in 1990, and Whoredom in Kimmage, The World of Irish Women, was a New York Times Notable book and National Book Critics Circle Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle to promote the finest books and reviews published in English....
finalist in 1994,
British writer Jan Morris
Jan Morris
Jan Morris CBE is a Welsh nationalist, historian, author and travel writer. She is known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy, a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, notably Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong, and New York City.With an English mother and Welsh father,...
has listed her 2007 Down the Nile; Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff, as one of the 86 best travel books of all time.
Awards
She was awarded the Charles E. Horman Prize for Fiction Writing as an undergraduate at Harvard CollegeHarvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
, a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
grant, and is also the recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow.
Works
- Whoredom in Kimmage: Irish women coming of age, Houghton Mifflin, 1993, ISBN 9780395602010
- A Likely Story: One Summer with Lillian Hellman, The Singular Pilgrim, Doubleday, 1998, ISBN 9780385477932