Joy Williams (American writer)
Joy Williams | |
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Williams at the Library of Congress in 2021 | |
| Born | February 11, 1944 Chelmsford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Education | Marietta College (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) |
| Period | 1973–present |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
Joy Williams (born February 11, 1944) is an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Best-known for her short fiction, she is also the author of novels including State of Grace, The Quick and the Dead, and Harrow. Williams has received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, a Rea Award for the Short Story, a Kirkus Award for Fiction, and a Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.