Meredith Hall

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Meredith Hall (born March 25, 1949) is a writer and professor at University of New Hampshire. She is the author of a memoir, Without a Map.

At age forty-four, Meredith graduated from Bowdoin College and began writing. Since then, her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Creative Nonfiction, The Southern Review, Five Points, Prairie Schooner, and several anthologies, and have been honored with the Pushcart Prize and “notable essay” recognition in Best American Essays.

In 2004, Meredith won the $50,000 Gift of Freedom Award from A Room of Her Own Foundation, giving her the time and financial security to write a memoir, Without a Map. Published by Beacon Press in early 2007, the book has received widespread publicity and has been reviewed in Booklist, The Boston Globe, People, Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, and Elle.

[edit] External links

• Meredith Hall's website
• Boston Globe review of Without a Map
• NPR interview with Meredith Hall
• Meredith Hall's author page at Beacon Press
• Meredith Hall reads from Without a Map at the Portland (Maine) Public Library