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Molly Gloss

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Name
  
Molly Gloss

Role
  
Writer


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Awards
  
James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Whiting Awards

Nominations
  
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Books
  
The Hearts of Horses, The Jump‑Off Creek, The Dazzle of Day, Wild life, Falling from Horses

Education
  
Portland State University

UO Today with Molly Gloss


Molly Gloss (born November 20, 1944) is an American writer currently best known for historical fiction and science fiction.

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Life

Gloss grew up in rural Oregon and began writing seriously when she became a mother. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, and is close friends with fellow science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin. She has taught writing and literature of the American West at Portland State University, and served as visiting professor at Pacific University's low-residency MFA in Writing program.

Awards and nominations

  • 1996 Whiting Award
  • The Jump-Off Creek was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and won both the 1990 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel and 1990 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
  • Wild Life was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and won the 2000 James Tiptree, Jr. Award for work that explores or expands notions of gender
  • The Hearts of Horses was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award
  • References

    Molly Gloss Wikipedia