Rebecca Brown (author)
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Rebecca Brown is an American lesbian[1] author whose work has contributed significantly to contemporary gay and lesbian literature.
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[edit] Biography
Brown is from Seattle, was the first writer in residence at Richard Hugo House, co-founder of the Jack Straw Writers Program and now serves as the creative director of literature at Centrum in Port Townsend. Brown's best-known work is her novel The Gifts of the Body, winner of a Lambda Literary Award.[2][3]
[edit] Honors and awards
- Winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award
- The Gifts of the Body, Lambda Literary Award
- Genius Award, Seattle's The Stranger
[edit] Major works
- The Evolution of Darkness, (1984)
- The Haunted House, (1986)
- The Children's Crusade, (1989)
- The Terrible Girls, (City Lights, 1992)
- Annie Oakley's Girl, (City Lights, 1993)
- The Gifts of the Body, (HarperCollins, 1995)
- What Keeps Me Here, (1996)
- The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary, (City Lights, 1998)
- The End of Youth, (City Lights, 2003)
- Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary, (University of Wisconsin Press, 2003)
- The Last Time I Saw You, (City Lights, 2006)
- The Haunted House, (City Lights, 2007)
- American Romances, (City Lights, 2009) ISBN 978-0872864986.
[edit] References
- ^ Mudede, Charles (13 October 2005), "Literature: Rebecca Brown", [[The Stranger (newspaper)|]], http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=23582, retrieved 16 February 2009
- ^ Brown, Rebecca (25 October 2007). "Two pieces from P-I Writer in Residence Rebecca Brown". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/books/336866_writerinresidence26.html.
- ^ Brown, Rebecca (25 October 2007). "Two pieces from P-I Writer in Residence Rebecca Brown". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/books/336866_writerinresidence26.html.
