Kirsten Bakis
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Kirsten Bakis (born 1967 Switzerland) is an American novelist.[1]
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[edit] Life
Bakis was raised in Westchester County, New York, and graduated from New York University in 1990. She is a recipient of a Teaching/Writing Fellowship from the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, a grant from the Michener/Copernicus Society of America.
She has taught at Hampshire College and was a writer-in-residence at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York in 2005. She is currently living in Croton-on-Hutson, New York with her husband, their two children, and two dogs, and is at work on her second novel.
[edit] Awards
- 2004 Whiting Writers' Award for fiction.
- New York Times Notable Book for the year, for Lives of the Monster Dogs
- Orange Prize for Fiction shortlisted, for Lives of the Monster Dogs
- Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, for Lives of the Monster Dogs
[edit] Works
[edit] References
- ^ Burt, Daniel S. (editor) (c 2004). The Chronology of American Literature. Houghton Mifflin. p. 716. ISBN 0618168214. http://books.google.com/books?id=VQ0fgo5v6e0C&pg=PA716&dq=Kirsten+Bakis&cd=7#v=onepage&q=Kirsten%20Bakis&f=false. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
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