Bobbie Ann Mason

For the song by Rick Trevino, see Bobbie Ann Mason (song).
Bobbie Ann Mason
Born (1940-05-01) May 1, 1940 (age 84)
Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Kentucky (BA)
Binghamton University (MA)
University of Connecticut (PhD)
Notable worksNabokov's Garden: A Guide to Ada (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ardis, 1974)

The Girl Sleuth: A Feminist Guide to the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, and Their Sisters (Old Westbury, N.Y.: Feminist Press, 1975) Shiloh and Other Stories (New York: Harper & Row, 1982; London: Chatto & Windus, 1982) In Country (New York: Harper & Row, 1985; London: Chatto & Windus, 1986) Clear Springs: A Memoir, Random House (New York, NY), 1999

The Girl in the Blue Beret, Random House (New York, NY), 2011
Notable awardsPEN/Hemingway Award, 1983

National Endowment for the Arts award, 1983

Guggenheim Fellowship, 1984

Bobbie Ann Mason (born May 1, 1940) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic from Kentucky. Her memoir was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[1]

  1. ^ "Bobbie Ann Mason Stitches Together the Fabric of a Writer's Career in Her New UPK Book". University of Kentucky. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.