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Anna Solomon is an American novelist.[1]

Prior to writing her first novel, she was a journalist for National Public Radio.[2] She then received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop.[3] Her first book, the 2011 novel The Little Bride, is about the life of an orphaned, Jewish girl from the Russian Pale of settlement who goes to a South Dakota farm as a mail order bride.[4]

Her second novel is Leaving Lucy Pear[5], a story about a baby that has been abandoned in a pear orchard.[6][7][8][9][10]

She is the two time recipient of the Pushcart Prize[2] and the recipient of the Missouri Review Editor's Prize.[11]

Solomon was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts and lives in Brooklyn, New York along with her husband and two kids.[12]

Books

  • The Little Bride (2011)
  • Leaving Lucy Pear (2016)
  • The Book of V. (2020)

References

  1. ^ September 22, Sophie Siegel; 2016 (2016-09-22). "Interview: Anna Solomon". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2019-11-28. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "Anna Solomon | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  3. ^ Schaff, Sara. "Truth Before Accuracy: An Interview with Anna Solomon". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  4. ^ Lambert, Josh (29 September 2011). "Bride Shipped from Shtetl to South Dakota". The Forward. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Novel 'Leaving Lucy Pear' An Intricate Tale Of Secrets, Class And Motherhood". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  6. ^ Beidenharm, Isabella (5 August 2016). "'Leaving Lucy Pear' by Anna Solomon: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. ^ Leavitt, Caroline (29 July 2016). "Tale of an abandoned baby in Prohibition era New England". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/books/review/leaving-lucy-pear-anna-solomon.html?_r=0
  9. ^ "In 'Leaving Lucy Pear,' 2 Women Are Forever Linked By A Baby Girl". WBUR. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  10. ^ Lemburger, Michael (Summer 2016). "Poverty, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Class in Anna Solomon's "Leaving Lucy Pear"". Lilith. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  11. ^ Schaff, Sara. "Truth Before Accuracy: An Interview with Anna Solomon". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  12. ^ "Anna Solomon | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
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