Alice McDermott (born June 27, 1953) is Johns Hopkins University's Writer-in-Residence. Born in Brooklyn, New York, McDermott attended St. Boniface School in Elmont, Long Island, NY [1967], Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead NY [1971], the State University of New York at Oswego, receiving her BA in 1975, and later received her MA from the University of New Hampshire in 1978. is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... The State University of New York at Oswego, also known as Oswego State and SUNY-Oswego, was founded in 1861 as Oswego Normal School by Edward Austin Sheldon and became the New York State Teachers College at Oswego in 1948. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

She has taught at the UCSD and American University, has been a writer-in-residence at Lynchburg and Hollins Colleges in Virginia, and was lecturer in English at the University of New Hampshire. Her short stories have appeared in Ms., Redbook, Mademoiselle,The New Yorker and Seventeen. The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ... For other universities known as American University, see American University (disambiguation). ...

The 1987 recipient of a Whiting Writers Award and the 2008 recipient of the Corrington Award for Literary Excellence, Ms. McDermott lives outside Washington, with her husband, a neuroscientist, and three children. The Whiting Writers Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. ...

Works

• A Bigamist's Daughter (1982)
• That Night, (1987) a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pen/Faulkner Award, and the Pulitzer Prize
• At Weddings and Wakes (1992), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
• Charming Billy (1998), the winner of the 1998 National Book Award.
• Child of My Heart : A Novel (2002), nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
• After This (2006), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

She has also published articles in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and received the Whiting Writers' Award in 1987. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Book Awards is one of the most preeminent literary prizes in the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Book Awards is one of the most preeminent literary prizes in the United States. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind for a single work -published in English. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... ... The Whiting Writers Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. ...

External links

• 1988 audio interview of Alice McDermott by Don Swaim
• After This Reviews at Metacritic
• publisher's bio of Alice McDermott at BookBrowse.com