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'', among other magazines. She is the author of ten books, and winner of numerous literary awards. Earning a nursing degree in 1983 and writing in her off-hours from medical practice, her first book was on medical miracles (1986), her second on day to day life in a nursing home (1987), which was followed that year by an essay in ''Harper's'' on working in an abortion clinic. Tisdale currently teaches part-time in the writing program at Portland State University.

Awards and honors

*Regional Arts and Culture Council Literary Fellowship *Pushcart Prize *NEA Fellowship *The James Phelan Literary Award *The Dorothy and Arthur Shoenfeldt Distinguished Writer of the Year

Bibliography

*''The Sorcerer’s Apprentice'' (McGraw-Hill, NY, 1986) *''Harvest Moon'' (Henry Holt, NY, 1987) *''Lot’s Wife'' (Henry Holt, NY, 1988) *''Stepping Westward'' (Henry Holt, NY, 1992) *''Talk Dirty to Me'' (Doubleday, NY, 1994) *''The Best Thing I Ever Tasted'' (Riverhead Books, NY, 2000) *''Women of the Way'' (HarperCollins, San Francisco, 2006) *''Violation: Collected Essays'' (Hawthorne Books, Portland, 2016) *''Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)'' (Touchstone Books, NY, 2018) *''The Lie About the Truck: Survivor, Reality TV, and the Endless Gaze'' (Simon and Schuster, NY, 2021)

References

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