Brett Ellen Block (born 1973 in Summit, New Jersey) is an American novelist and

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

writer.

Life

Block was born and raised in Summit, New Jersey. She received her undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from the

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, where she was awarded the Hopwood and Haugh Prizes for Fiction Writing. She went on to earn graduate degrees at the

Iowa Writers’ Workshop The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a celebrated graduate-level creative writing program in the United States. The writer Lan Samantha Chang is its director. Graduates earn a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Creative Wr ...

and the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

’s Fiction Writing Program. Her debut collection of short stories, "Destination Known," won the Drue Heinz Literary Prize, and she is a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel ''The Grave of God’s Daughter'' and the Macavity Award-nominated thriller ''The Lightning Rule'' Writing under the name "Ellen Block" she penned the novel ''The Language of Sand'' and its sequel, ''The Definition of Wind.'' She lives in Los Angeles.

Awards

*2003

Michener-Copernicus Fellowship The Michener-Copernicus Fellowship is a literary award available to graduates of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. It is funded by the Copernicus Society of America. Past recipients include: * Danielle Trussoni * Anthony Swofford * Peter Craig * Emi ...

*2001 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, for ''Destination Known''

Works

Short stories

Mystery

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Block, Brett Ellen Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia American women short story writers American short story writers Writers from Summit, New Jersey University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni Hopwood Award winners 1973 births 21st-century American women