Michelle Herman

Michelle Herman
Born (1955-03-09) March 9, 1955 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.S. (Chemistry & English)
M.F.A. (Fiction)
Alma materBrooklyn College
Iowa Writers' Workshop
OccupationProfessor of English
EmployerOhio State University
Known forWriting
Notable workDog and Missing
SpouseGlen Holland
Childrendaughter

Michelle Herman (born March 9, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer and Professor Emerita of English at Ohio State University. Her most widely known work is the novel Dog, which WorldCat shows in 545 libraries[1] and has been translated into multiple languages. She has also written the novel Missing, which was awarded the Harold Ribalow Prize for Jewish fiction, and Close-Up, which won the Donald L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence. She is married to Glen Holland, a still life painter. They have a daughter.[2]

  1. ^ WorldCat item record
  2. ^ "NCW--Michelle Herman". Creighton University - Nebraska Center for Writers. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.