A. Manette Ansay
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A. Manette Ansay | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Lapeer, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (MFA) |
| Notable works | Vinegar Hill |
| Spouse | Jake Smith (m. 1990; divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
A. Manette Ansay (born 1964) is an American author.
Ansay was born in Lapeer, Michigan. When she was five, her family moved to Port Washington, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Port Washington High School in 1982.[1]
Her 1994 novel Vinegar Hill was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in November 1999.[2] It was adapted as a television film in 2005, starring Mary-Louise Parker and Tom Skerritt.[3]
She attended Cornell University, graduating with an MFA in 1991.[4]
Works[edit]
Fiction[edit]
- Vinegar Hill (1994)
- Read This and Tell Me What It Says (1995)
- Sister (1996)
- River Angel (1998)
- Midnight Champagne (1999)
- Blue Water (2006)
- Good Things I Wish You (2009)
Nonfiction[edit]
- Limbo (2002)
Recognitions[edit]
- Vinegar Hill was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection November 1999.
- Midnight Champagne was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
- Former resident of the Ragdale Foundation
References[edit]
- ^ Biography, amanetteansay.com. Accessed February 26, 2024.
- ^ "Oprah's Book Club: The Complete List" (PDF). Oprah.com. November 19, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (May 20, 2008). "Vinegar Hill". Variety. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ Aloi, Daniel (October 28, 2019). "Writer, emeritus professor James McConkey dies at 98". Pif Magazine. Cornell University. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
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Categories:
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Novelists from Michigan
- Novelists from Wisconsin
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- People from Lapeer, Michigan
- People from Port Washington, Wisconsin
- Cornell University alumni
- American novelist, 1960s birth stubs