Janet Burroway

Janet Burroway
Born (1936-09-21) September 21, 1936 (age 88)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of Arizona
Columbia University (BA)
University of Cambridge (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
Genrefiction
poetry
plays
Notable worksWriting Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
The Buzzards
Raw Silk
SpousePeter Ruppert
Children3
Website
janetburroway.com

Janet Burroway (born September 21, 1936) is an American author. Burroway's published oeuvre includes eight novels, memoirs, short stories, poems, translations, plays, two children's books, and two how-to books about the craft of writing.[1] Her novel The Buzzards was nominated for the 1970 Pulitzer Prize. Raw Silk is her most acclaimed novel thus far. While Burroway's literary fame is due to her novels, the book that has won her the widest readership is Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, first published in 1982. Now in its 10th edition, the book is used as a textbook in writing programs throughout the United States.[2][3]

  1. ^ Sternburg, Janet (2000). "Janet Burroway". The Writer on Her Work. W.W. Norton. p. 258. ISBN 0393320553.
  2. ^ "Janet Burroway carries on, reinvents self". tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
  3. ^ Abbe, Elfrieda. "Building From Ideas, Details And Honesty: For Janet Burroway, Writing Is A Vital Quest For Discovery." Writer (Kalmbach Publishing Co.) 122.12 (2009): 20-55. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.