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Mary Ward Brown - Fiction

Mary Ward Brown
Hamburg, AL

Hometown: Hamburg, AL

Genre

• Fiction
• Nonfiction

Publications and Awards

Books:
It Wasn't All Dancing and Other Stories, University of Alabama Press, 2002
Tongues of Flame, University of Alabama Press, 1993

Anthologies:
The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction, University of Mississippi, 1994
New Stories by Southern Women, 1989
New Stories from the South, 1992
Best American Short Stories, 1983 & 1984

Journals:
University of Kansas City Review
McCall's
And others.

Literary Awards:
Hillsdale Fiction Prize, The Fellowship of Southern Writers, 2003
Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year, 2002
Lillian Smith Book Award, Southern Regional Council, 1991
PEN/Hemingway Award, PEN New England, 1987
Alabama Author Award, Alabama Library Association, 1987

More Information

Gives readings: Yes
Travels to readings: Yes
Conducts workshops: N/A
Available for interviews: N/A