Marianne Wiggins

Marianne Wiggins
Born (1947-11-08) November 8, 1947 (age 77)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
GenreFiction
Notable worksSeparate Checks (1984)
John Dollar (1989)
Evidence of Things Unseen (2003)
Notable awardsWhiting Award
NEA Award
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
Spouse
Brian Porzak
(m. 1965; div. 1970)
(m. 1988; div. 1993)

Marianne Wiggins (born November 8, 1947) is an American author. According to The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English, Wiggins writes with "a bold intelligence and an ear for hidden comedy."[1] She has won a Whiting Award, an National Endowment for the Arts award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.[2] She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2004 for her novel Evidence of Things Unseen.[3]

  1. ^ The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English,
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  3. ^ "Finalist: Evidence of Things Unseen, by Marianne Wiggins (Simon & Schuster)". The 2004 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction. Pulitzer. Retrieved August 6, 2022.