Deirdre mcnamer biography of william

PERSONAL:

Born in 1950. Education: University of Montana, B.A., 1973, M.F.A., 1987; fellow at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982-83.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Missoula, MT.

Office—Department of English, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812; fax: 406-243-4076. [email protected].

CAREER:

University of Montana, Missoula, professor of creative writing. Journalist for more than ten years; instructor at University of Oregon, Cornell University, University of Alabama, Williams College, and Thurber House, Columbus, OH.

AWARDS, HONORS:

National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for professional journalists.

WRITINGS:

Rima in the Weeds (novel), HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1991.

One Sweet Quarrel (historical novel), HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1994.

My Russian (novel), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1999.

Red Rover (novel), Viking (New York, NY), 2007.

Contributor of short stories, articles, and reviews to New Yorker, New Yo