Suzanne Strempek Shea
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Suzanne Strempek Shea, born in western Massachusetts
, is the author of literary fiction
, biographies and memoirs. She is the winner of the 2000 New England
Book Award for Fiction. Shea lives in Bondsville, Massachusetts
with her husband, Springfield Republican
columnist Tom Shea.http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Suzanne-Strempek-Shea
Suzanne Strempek Shea is the author of a number of novels, among them
and the memoirs, such as
Western Massachusetts
Western Massachusetts is a loosely defined geographical region of the U.S. state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires, the Pioneer Valley, and some or all of the Swift River Valley. The region is always considered to include Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, and the...
, is the author of literary fiction
Literary fiction
Literary fiction is a term that came into common usage during the early 1960s. The term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction . In broad terms, literary fiction focuses more upon...
, biographies and memoirs. She is the winner of the 2000 New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
Book Award for Fiction. Shea lives in Bondsville, Massachusetts
Bondsville, Massachusetts
Bondsville is a village and former census-designated place located primarily in the town of Palmer in Hampden County in the western part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The CDP boundaries extend slightly into the adjacent town of Belchertown in Hampshire County. The population of the CDP was...
with her husband, Springfield Republican
Springfield Republican
The Republican is a newspaper based in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is owned by Newhouse Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications. It played important roles in the United States Republican Party's founding, Charles Dow's career, and the invention of the pronoun "Ms."-Beginning:Established...
columnist Tom Shea.http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Suzanne-Strempek-Shea
Suzanne Strempek Shea is the author of a number of novels, among them
- Selling the Lite of Heaven
- Hoopi Shoopi Donna
- Lily of the Valley
- Around Again
and the memoirs, such as
- Songs from a Lead-Lined Room: Notes—High and Low—From My Journey Through Breast Cancer and Radiation; and
- Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore.