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Occupation
  
Writer

Name
  
Jill McCorkle

Language
  
English

Role
  
Short story writer


Nationality
  
American

Notable awards
  
Dos Passos Prize

Genre
  
Short story

Awards
  
Dos Passos Prize

Jill McCorkle Interview with Jill McCorkle

Born
  
July 7, 1958 (age 65) Lumberton, North Carolina (
1958-07-07
)

Education
  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Books
  
Life After Life, Ferris Beach, Tending to Virginia, Final Vinyl Days and Other Sto, Creatures of Habit

Similar People
  
Lee Smith, Steve Yarbrough, Christine Schutt, Alice McDermott

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Jill Collins McCorkle (July 7, 1958 Lumberton, North Carolina) is an American short story writer and novelist.

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She graduated from University of North Carolina, in 1980, where she studied with Max Steele, Lee Smith, and Louis D. Rubin. She also attended Hollins College now Hollins University with Lee Smith where she received her MA. She taught at Tufts University, University of North Carolina, Duke University, Harvard University and Bennington College. She teaches at North Carolina State University.

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Awards

  • 1993 New England Booksellers Award
  • 2000 Dos Passos Prize
  • Works

  • The Cheer Leader. Algonquin Books. 1984. ISBN 0912697113. 
  • July 7th. Algonquin Books. 1984. ISBN 1565120027. 
  • Tending to Virginia. Shannon Ravenel Books. 1987. ISBN 0912697652. 
  • Ferris Beach. Algonquin Books. 1990. ISBN 1565129318. 
  • Crash Diet; Stories. Algonquin Books. 1992. ISBN 0945575750. 
  • Carolina Moon. Algonquin Books. 1996. ISBN 1565121368. 
  • Final Vinyl Days and Other Stories. Algonquin Books. 1998. ISBN 1565122046. 
  • Creatures of Habit; Stories. Shannon Ravenel Books. 2003. ISBN 1565123972. 
  • Going Away Shoes; Stories. Algonquin Books. 2009. ISBN 1565126327. 
  • Life After Life. Shannon Ravenel Books. 2013. ISBN 1616203226. 
  • Stories available online

  • "Going Away Shoes", Blackbird, Fall, 2007
  • "Magic Words", Narrative, Fall 2008
  • References

    Jill McCorkle Wikipedia