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Fiction First: The Art of the Novel

an Evening with Joan Silber

Join us for the inaugural event in our Fiction First: The Art of the Novel series, in which SCLSNJ facilitates a connection between our communities and major fiction authors.

Joan Silber is the author of eight books of fiction, most recently the novel,
Improvement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and the
PEN/Faulkner Award. It was listed as one of the best books of the year by the
Washington Post, Newsday, the Seattle Times, and Kirkus Reviews.
She’s also the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.
Her previous book, Fools, was longlisted for the National Book Award and a finalist for
the PEN/Faulkner Award. Other works include The Size of the World, finalist for the LA
Times Fiction Prize, Ideas of Heaven, finalist for the National Book Award and the Story
Prize, and Household Words, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her short stories
have appeared in O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart
Prize collections. She’s also the author of The Art of Time in Fiction.
She grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, and attended Sarah Lawrence College, where
she studied with Grace Paley. She holds an M.A. from New York University. She has
taught for many years at Sarah Lawrence College and in the Warren Wilson College
MFA Program. She lives in Manhattan and travels as often as she can, with a special
interest in Asia.

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