Mary Ward Brown

Mary Ward Brown (June 18, 1917 - May 14, 2013) was an American short-story writer and novelist.

Early life

Brown was born on June 18, 1917 in Hamburg, Alabama. She graduated from Judson College.[1]

Career

Her first collection of short stories, Tongues of Flame, published in 1986, won both a PEN/Hemingway and an Alabama Author Award. Following her second collection of short stories, It Wasn't All Dancing, published in 2002, Brown was awarded the Harper Lee Award, another Alabama Author Award and the Hillsdale Fiction Prize.

Death

Brown died on May 14, 2013.

References

  1. ↑ Dickson, Foster (May 20, 2013). "Mary Ward Brown". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.


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