Andrea Barrett (born November 16th, 1954) is an acclaimed American writer. Barrett received her B.A. in biology from Union College and briefly attended a Ph.D program in zoology. She began writing fiction seriously in her thirties, but was relatively unknown until the publication of Ship Fever, a collection of short stories which won the National Book Award in 1996. Barrett received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001 and her book Servants of the Map was a finalist for the 2003 Pullitzer Prize for Fiction. Barrett is particularly well known as a writer of historical fiction and her work reflects her lifelong interest in science as many of her characters are scientists, often nineteenth-century biologists. Barrett currently teaches at Williams College. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the college in New York; there are also Union Colleges in Barbourville, Kentucky and Lincoln, Nebraska and a Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... The National Book Awards is the most important literary prize in the United States, presented annually for the best books by living U.S. citizens published in the U.S. The awards have been presented since 1950 in at least one category, and is presently awarded in each of four... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, where the time the action takes place in predates the time of the first publication -- distinguish and contrast the genre of alternate history. ... Williams College is a private, coeducational, highly-selective liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. ...

Bibliography

• (1988) Lucid Stars (novel)
• (1988) The Forms of Water (novel)
• (1989) Secret Harmonies (novel)
• (1991) The Middle Kingdom (novel)
• (1996) Ship Fever (collection of short stories) - 1996 National Book Award Winner
• (1998) The Voyage of the Narwhal (novel)
• (2002) Servants of the Map (collection of short stories) - 2003 Pullitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist