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Annie Proulx

By Mark Flanagan, About.com

Annie Proulx Biography:


Annie Proulx is the author of the short-story collection Heart Songs and Other Stories and four novels: Postcards, The Shipping News, Accordion Crimes, and That Old Ace in the Hole. Her books have been translated into twenty languages. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN/Faulkner Award, she lives and writes in Wyoming. ~ from Annie Proulx's publisher

Dates:


(1935-)

Nationality:


American

Genre(s):


Novels; Stories

Notable Work:


The Shipping News, 1994
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
National Book Award for fiction
Irish Times International Fiction Prize
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction

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