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'''Jincy Willett''' is an American author and writing teacher currently living in [[San Diego]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Jincy Willett |date=July 6, 2008 |url=http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |newspaper=Redivider |accessdate=2014-02-07 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009092854/http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |archive-date=2018-10-09}}</ref> She has written short pieces for various anthologies and periodicals including ''The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction''<ref name="Norton">{{cite book|last=Cassill|first=R.V.|title=The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Norton_Anthology_of_Contemporary_Fic.html?id=td5qQgAACAAJ|accessdate=20 June 2011|date=2005-04-14|publisher=Norton|isbn=978-0-39395-619-1|pages=256–265}}</ref>, ''[[Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules]]'' (Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2005), ''Funny Ha Ha, 80 of the funniest stories ever written'', edited and selected by Paul Merton (Head of Zeus Ltd., 2019), and Issues 22 and 56 of ''[[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern]]''. Her first book, a collection of short stories called ''Jenny and the Jaws of Life'', was initially published in 1987 to critical acclaim but smaller-than-expected sales. The public admiration of Willett's writing expressed by [[David Sedaris]], however, had the book in reprint in 2002, garnering praise from critics and public alike.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Jincy Willett |date=July 6, 2008 |url=http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |newspaper=Redivider |accessdate=2014-02-07 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009092854/http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |archive-date=2018-10-09}}</ref>
'''Jincy Willett''' is an American author and writing teacher currently living in [[San Diego]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Jincy Willett |date=July 6, 2008 |url=http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |newspaper=Redivider |accessdate=2014-02-07 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009092854/http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |archive-date=2018-10-09}}</ref> She has written short pieces for various anthologies and periodicals including ''The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction''<ref name="Cassill 1988 p. ">{{cite book | last=Cassill | first=R. V. | title=The Norton anthology of contemporary fiction | publisher=Norton | publication-place=New York | date=1988 | isbn=0-393-95619-9 | oclc=16277577 | pages=256–265}}</ref>, ''[[Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules]]'' (Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2005), ''Funny Ha Ha, 80 of the funniest stories ever written'', edited and selected by Paul Merton (Head of Zeus Ltd., 2019) <ref name="Merton 2019 p. ">{{cite book | last=Merton | first=Paul | title=Funny ha ha : 80 of the funniest stories ever written | publication-place=London | date=2019 | isbn=978-1-78854-426-9 | oclc=1243493003 | page=}}</ref>, and Issues 22 and 56 of ''[[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern]]''. Her first book, a collection of short stories called ''Jenny and the Jaws of Life'', was initially published in 1987 to critical acclaim but smaller-than-expected sales. The public admiration of Willett's writing expressed by [[David Sedaris]], however, had the book in reprint in 2002, garnering praise from critics and public alike.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Jincy Willett |date=July 6, 2008 |url=http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |newspaper=Redivider |accessdate=2014-02-07 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009092854/http://www.redividerjournal.org/interview-with-jincy-willet/ |archive-date=2018-10-09}}</ref>


Her novel ''Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather'',<ref name="Pearl2005">{{cite book|last=Pearl|first=Nancy|title=More book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment, and reason|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEByrTzqqoIC&pg=PT155|accessdate=20 June 2011|date=2005-04-14|publisher=Sasquatch Books|isbn=978-1-57061-435-4|pages=155–}}</ref> was published in 2002. ''The Writing Class, a Novel'' was published in 2008 by Macmillan's [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] imprint and is a mystery and the first novel in a trilogy,<ref name="Macmillan Cataglog">{{cite web|title=Macmillan Cataglog |url=http://us.macmillan.com/amyfallsdown/JincyWillett |accessdate=2014-02-07}}</ref> including ''Amy Falls Down'', published by [[Thomas Dunne Books]] in July 2013,<ref name="Macmillan Cataglog"/><ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/07/jincy_willett_and_the_editor_she_s_known_since_college_thomas_dunne_on_her.html Jincy Willett and the editor she's known since college] [[Slate.com]], July 2013</ref> and ''Amy Among the Serial Killers'', published by St. Martin's Press in August 2022.
Her novel ''Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather'',<ref name="Pearl2005">{{cite book|last=Pearl|first=Nancy|title=More book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment, and reason|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEByrTzqqoIC&pg=PT155|accessdate=20 June 2011|date=2005-04-14|publisher=Sasquatch Books|isbn=978-1-57061-435-4|pages=155–}}</ref> was published in 2002. ''The Writing Class, a Novel'' was published in 2008 by Macmillan's [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] imprint and is a mystery and the first novel in a trilogy,<ref name="Macmillan Cataglog">{{cite web|title=Macmillan Cataglog |url=http://us.macmillan.com/amyfallsdown/JincyWillett |accessdate=2014-02-07}}</ref> including ''Amy Falls Down'', published by [[Thomas Dunne Books]] in July 2013,<ref name="Macmillan Cataglog"/><ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/07/jincy_willett_and_the_editor_she_s_known_since_college_thomas_dunne_on_her.html Jincy Willett and the editor she's known since college] [[Slate.com]], July 2013</ref> and ''Amy Among the Serial Killers'', published by St. Martin's Press in August 2022.


==Bibliography==
More references:
===Short Story Collection===
Jenny and the Jaws of Life
<ref name="Willett 1987 p. ">{{cite book | last=Willett | first=J. | title=Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories | publisher=St. Martin's Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-312-00614-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMvCQgAACAAJ | access-date=2023-03-16 | page=}}</ref> (Re-published again with foreword by David Sedaris<ref name="Willett Sedaris 2008 p. ">{{cite book | last=Willett | first=J. | last2=Sedaris | first2=D. | title=Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories | publisher=Picador | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-312-42810-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aLosz_L0KzwC | access-date=2023-03-16 | page=}}</ref>)


===Novels===
https://us.macmillan.com/search?searchType=products&q=Jincy+Willett (MacMillan catalog)
Winner of the National Book Award
<ref name="Willett 2010 p. ">{{cite book | last=Willett | first=J. | title=Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather | publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4299-8238-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xsPtFjRq1_kC | access-date=2023-03-16 | page=}}</ref> (Published in the UK as Fame and Honour
<ref name="Willett 2004 p. ">{{cite book | last=Willett | first=J. | title=Fame and Honour | publisher=Review | series=Review paperback | year=2004 | isbn=978-0-7553-0447-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BID4HAAACAAJ | access-date=2023-03-16 | page=}}</ref>)

The Writing Class: A Novel<ref name="Willett 2009 p. ">{{cite book | last=Willett | first=J. | title=The Writing Class: A Novel | publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group | series=Amy Gallup | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4668-0623-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6e1hnsBPlecC | access-date=2023-03-16 | page=}}</ref>

Amy Falls Down: A Novel<ref name="Willett 2013 p. ">{{cite book | last=Willett | first=J. | title=Amy Falls Down: A Novel | publisher=St. Martin's Press | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-250-02827-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYZEAwAAQBAJ | access-date=2023-03-16 | page=}}</ref>

Amy Among the Serial Killers: A Novel<ref name="Willett 2022 p. ">{{cite book | last=Willett | first=J. | title=Amy Among the Serial Killers: A Novel | publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group | series=Amy Gallup | year=2022 | isbn=978-1-250-27515-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPA-EAAAQBAJ | access-date=2023-03-16 | page=}}</ref>


https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/jincy-willett/


https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/books/books-of-the-times-a-family-s-fatuousness-and-publishing-s-too.html


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:42, 16 March 2023

Jincy Willett is an American author and writing teacher currently living in San Diego, California.[1] She has written short pieces for various anthologies and periodicals including The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction[2], Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2005), Funny Ha Ha, 80 of the funniest stories ever written, edited and selected by Paul Merton (Head of Zeus Ltd., 2019) [3], and Issues 22 and 56 of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Her first book, a collection of short stories called Jenny and the Jaws of Life, was initially published in 1987 to critical acclaim but smaller-than-expected sales. The public admiration of Willett's writing expressed by David Sedaris, however, had the book in reprint in 2002, garnering praise from critics and public alike.[4]

Her novel Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather,[5] was published in 2002. The Writing Class, a Novel was published in 2008 by Macmillan's Picador imprint and is a mystery and the first novel in a trilogy,[6] including Amy Falls Down, published by Thomas Dunne Books in July 2013,[6][7] and Amy Among the Serial Killers, published by St. Martin's Press in August 2022.

Bibliography

Short Story Collection

Jenny and the Jaws of Life [8] (Re-published again with foreword by David Sedaris[9])

Novels

Winner of the National Book Award [10] (Published in the UK as Fame and Honour [11])

The Writing Class: A Novel[12]

Amy Falls Down: A Novel[13]

Amy Among the Serial Killers: A Novel[14]


References

  1. ^ "Interview with Jincy Willett". Redivider. July 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2014-02-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Cassill, R. V. (1988). The Norton anthology of contemporary fiction. New York: Norton. pp. 256–265. ISBN 0-393-95619-9. OCLC 16277577.
  3. ^ Merton, Paul (2019). Funny ha ha : 80 of the funniest stories ever written. London. ISBN 978-1-78854-426-9. OCLC 1243493003.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Interview with Jincy Willett". Redivider. July 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2014-02-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Pearl, Nancy (2005-04-14). More book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment, and reason. Sasquatch Books. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-1-57061-435-4. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Macmillan Cataglog". Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  7. ^ Jincy Willett and the editor she's known since college Slate.com, July 2013
  8. ^ Willett, J. (1987). Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-00614-3. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  9. ^ Willett, J.; Sedaris, D. (2008). Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories. Picador. ISBN 978-0-312-42810-5. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  10. ^ Willett, J. (2010). Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4299-8238-2. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  11. ^ Willett, J. (2004). Fame and Honour. Review paperback. Review. ISBN 978-0-7553-0447-9. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  12. ^ Willett, J. (2009). The Writing Class: A Novel. Amy Gallup. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4668-0623-8. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  13. ^ Willett, J. (2013). Amy Falls Down: A Novel. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-02827-3. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  14. ^ Willett, J. (2022). Amy Among the Serial Killers: A Novel. Amy Gallup. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-27515-8. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
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