| Jennifer Haigh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Literary Fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Mrs. Kimble, Baker Towers, The Condition, Faith |
Jennifer Haigh is an American novelist and short story writer.
She was born in Barnesboro, a Western Pennsylvania coal town 85 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Cambria County. She attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2002. Her fiction has been published in Granta, Ploughshares, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Good Housekeeping, and many other publications.
Her debut novel Mrs. Kimble -- telling the story of a mysterious con man named Ken Kimble through the eyes of his three wives -- (2003) won the PEN/Hemingway Award for outstanding debut fiction.
Her next novel, Baker Towers (2005), depicts the rise and fall of a western Pennsylvania coal town in the years following World War II. It was a New York Times bestseller and won the 2006 PEN/L.L. Winship award for best book by a New England writer.
Her third novel, The Condition, was published by HarperCollins in July, 2008. It traces the dissolution of a proper New England family when their only daughter is diagnosed with Turner's Syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality that keeps her from going through puberty.
Her most recent novel, Faith (2011), tells the story of a suburban Boston priest accused of molesting a boy in his parish.
Haigh lives in the Boston area.