1. She was born in July of 1952 in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
2. She earned her BA from West Virginia University and later graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.
3. In 1976, her first short story collection, Sweethearts, was published; it won the Pushcart Prize.
4. Her first novel, Machine Dreams, was published in 1984.
5. Her latest novel, Lark & Termite, was selected as one of five finalists for the National Book Award in fiction.
6. She has taught at several colleges and universities, including Harvard, Williams College, and Boston University.
Have you read any of her books or stories?
