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Megan Mayhew Bergman
Born (1979-12-23) December 23, 1979 (age 44)
Alma materDuke University,
Bennington College,
Wake Forest University
Genreshort stories
Notable awardsGarrett Award for Fiction.

Megan Mayhew Bergman (born December 23, 1979) is an American writer, author of the book Almost Famous Women.[1] In 2015, she won the Garrett Award for Fiction.[citation needed]

Life

She graduated from Duke University with a masters in liberal studies and Bennington College with an MFA.

She also is the author of a previous collection of stories, Birds of a Lesser Paradise.

Her work appeared in Salon.[2]

She is Associate Director of the MFA program at Bennington College.[3] She lives in Shaftsbury, Vermont.[4] with her husband Bo Bergman and two daughters.

Works

  • Almost Famous Women: Stories. Scribner. 6 January 2015. ISBN 978-1-4767-8657-5.[5][6]
  • Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories. Simon and Schuster. 6 March 2012. ISBN 978-1-4516-4335-0.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Crum, Maddie. "2015 Books We Can't Wait To Read". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Stories written by Megan Mayhew Bergman". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  3. ^ "Mayhew Bergman Appointed Associate Director of the MFA in Writing Program". bennington.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Megan Mayhew Bergman - The Los Angeles Review of Books". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  5. ^ "Book review: Megan Mayhew Berman's 'Almost Famous Women'". Miami Herald. February 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Jim Carmin (January 3, 2015). "Review: 'Almost Famous Women,' by Megan Mayhew Bergman". Star Tribune.
  7. ^ Peschel, Joseph (March 7, 2012). "Megan Mayhew Bergman's debut story collection, 'Birds of a Lesser Paradise,' looks at women struggling with identity". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  8. ^ Rosenwaike, Polly (2012-03-30). "'Birds of a Lesser Paradise,' by Megan Mayhew Bergman". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-17.


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