Jean McGarry
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Jean McGarry is an author of fiction and a Professor in the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University. She served as chairperson of the department from 1997-2005.
She received her BA from Harvard in 1970, and an MA in Writing from JHU in 1983.
In addition to being a novelist, she has written many short stories, that have appeared in: The New Yorker, The Yale Review, Boulevard, The Southwest Review, and other publications.
[edit] Publications
- A Bad and Stupid Girl, University of Michigan Press, 2006
- Dream Date, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
- Gallagher's Travels, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
- Home At Last, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
- The Courage of Girls, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1991
- The Very Rich Hours, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987
- Airs of Providence, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985
[edit] Prizes, Awards, and Grants
- University of Michigan Fiction Prize, 2006
- Bread Loaf Fellowship, 1989
- Towson State University Prize for Literature, 1988
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for 1987-88, 1985
- Southern Review, Louisiana State University Short Fiction Prize
- Pushcart Prize, 1988
