Bobbie Ann Mason

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Born	May 1, 1940 (age 84) • Mayfield • Kentucky
Notable Works	“Clear Springs: A Family Story” • “Dear Ann” • “Feather Crowns” • “In Country” • “Love Life: Stories” • “Midnight Magic” • “Nabokov’s Garden: A Guide to Ada” • “Nancy Culpepper” • “Shiloh and Other Stories” • “Spence + Lila” • “The Girl Sleuth: A Feminist Guide” • “The Girl in the Blue Beret”

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

American writer

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

James McBride

James McBride

American musician, journalist, and author

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

American author

Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie

American author

A.M. Homes

A.M. Homes

American author

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

American author

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

Haitian American author

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany

American author and critic

Winner of a Pulitzer Prize

Annie Proulx

American author

Aleksandar Hemon

Bosnian American author

Saul Bellow

American author

Frederik Pohl

American author

Michener, James

James Michener

American author

Tobias Wolff

American author

Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

Jessamyn West

American writer

Hortense Calisher

American writer

Larry Woiwode

American author