Pamela Y. Duncan (born September 24, 1961) is an American

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. Her novels include ''Moon Women'' (2001), ''Plant Life'' (2003), and ''The Big Beautiful'' (2007). Her awards include the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize in 2003, and in 2000 she was chosen as one of the Ten Best Emerging Writers in the South. She won an

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award in 2007. Her work often focuses on the lives of working class Southerners. She was born in

Asheville, North Carolina Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous cit ...

, and raised in

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, and

Shelby, North Carolina Shelby is a city in and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It lies near the western edge of the Charlotte combined statistical area. The population was 20,323 at the 2010 census. History The area was originally i ...

. She has a bachelor's degree in English from the

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and master's degree from

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. Duncan currently teaches creative writing at

Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded ...

Reviews

Moon Women

* "... a mesmerizing tale of family and love, revelation and forgiveness." * "... delightfully captures the lives of four North Carolina women and their relationships with each other."

References

1961 births Living people Writers from Asheville, North Carolina 21st-century American novelists People from Shelby, North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni American women novelists 21st-century American women writers {{US-novelist-1960s-stub