Maria Flook is an American writer of fiction and non-fiction. She is currently Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at

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in Boston. She won the 2007

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Award.

Works

She is the author of the nonfiction books, ''My Sister Life: The Story of My Sister's Disappearance'', (

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, 1998) and

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''Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod'' (

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, 2003). Her fiction includes the novels ''Open Water''; ''Family Night'', which received a PEN American/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Special Citation; ''Lux'', (

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, 2004); ''Mothers and Lovers'' (Roundabout Press, 2014) and a collection of stories, ''You Have the Wrong Man'' (

, 1996). She has also published two collections of poetry, ''Sea Room'' and ''Reckless Wedding'', winner of the

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New Poetry Series. Her work has appeared in the

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, The New Criterion, TriQuarterly, and More Magazine among others.

References

External links

Official website
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