Debra Spark (born 1962) is an American novelist,
short story writer,
essayist, and
editor
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...
. She teaches at
Colby College and at
Warren Wilson College.
Biography
Debra Spark was born in
Boston, Massachusetts in 1962. She graduated from
Yale University.
Her work has appeared in ''AGNI'', ''Esquire'', ''Narrative'', ''Ploughshares'',
''The New York Times'', ''Food and Wine'', ''Yankee'', ''Down East'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Maine Home + Design'' and ''The San Francisco Chronicle''.
She lives with her husband and son in
North Yarmouth, Maine
North Yarmouth, officially the Town of North Yarmouth, is a town in Cumberland County, Maine. The population was 4,072 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland– Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Are ...
.
Awards
* 1995
John C. Zacharis First Book Award
The John C. Zacharis First Book Award honors the best first book of poetry or fiction by a ''Ploughshares'' writer. The award carries a cash prize of $1,500, and feature publication in the "Postscripts" section of the Winter issue. It was started ...
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National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
* Bunting Institute fellowship from
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and functioned as the female coordinate institution for the all-male Harvard College. Considered founded in 1879, it was one of the Seven Sisters colleges and he ...
Works
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"The Revived Art of the Toy Theatre", ''AGNI 58''. 2003.*
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Anthologies
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Editor
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References
External links
"Author's website"*
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1962 births
Writers from Boston
American short story writers
Yale University alumni
Colby College faculty
Warren Wilson College faculty
Living people
People from North Yarmouth, Maine