Stacey D'Erasmo (born 1961) is an American

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and literary critic.

Biography

D'Erasmo was born in 1961 in

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. She received a B.A. from

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and an M.A. from

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in English and American literature. From 1988 to 1995, she was a senior editor at ''The Village Voice Literary Supplement''. She was a Stegner Fellow in fiction at

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from 1995 to 1997. She created and developed the fiction review section of

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from 1997 to 1998. She received a

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in fiction in 2009. She was the 2010–11 Sovern/Columbia Affiliated Fellow at the

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. D'Erasmo is the author of four novels and one book of nonfiction. Her first novel, ''Tea'', was selected as a ''

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'' Notable Book for 2000. Her second novel, ''A Seahorse Year'' (2004), was named a ''

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'' best seller and won both a

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and a

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. Her third novel was ''The Sky Below'' (2009). Her fourth novel, ''Wonderland'', was named

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's Best Book of 2014; a ''

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'' Top Ten Fiction Book of 2014; a ''

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'' Editors’ Choice; and a

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Top Ten Book of 2014. Her nonfiction book ''The Art of Intimacy: The Space Between'' was published in 2013. D'Erasmo's articles and podcasts have been published in ''The

'', ''

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'', ''Interview'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. She has been a faculty member at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She is currently an associate professor of writing at

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Awards

for ''A Seahorse Year'' (2004) *

in Fiction (2009) * Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize (2012)

Works

Fiction

*''Tea'' (2000) *''A Seahorse Year'' (2004) *''The Sky Below'' (2009) *''Wonderland'' (2014) *''The Complicities'' (2022)

Nonfiction

*''The Art of Intimacy: The Space Between'' (2013) *

References

External links

Author WebsiteHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Author Page
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