Cary Holladay
Cary Holladay | |
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| Born | Richmond, Virginia |
| Occupation | Author, teacher |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | College of William and Mary (BA), Pennsylvania State University (MA) |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | John Bensko |
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Cary Holladay is an American writer and professor, best known for her historical short fiction. In 1999, her story "Merry-Go-Sorry" about the West Memphis Three murder case was selected by Stephen King for an O. Henry Award.
Biography[edit]
Originally from Virginia, Holladay graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. and then went on to earn an M.A. from Pennsylvania State University.[1]
She is the author of a novel, Mercury; a novella, A Fight in the Doctor's Office; and six collections of short fiction. She taught in the MFA program at the University of Memphis, with her husband, the poet John Bensko, and retired in 2020; her honors held there included a First Tennessee Professor Award.[2][3][4]
Her stories have appeared in over sixty literary journals and anthologies, including New Stories from the South and The Oxford American.[5]
Works[edit]
- Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella, Swallow Press/Ohio UP, 2019
- The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State UP, 2013 (Winner of the 2012 Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction)
- Horse People: Stories, Louisiana State UP, 2013
- A Fight in the Doctor’s Office, Miami UP, 2008 (Winner of the 2007 Miami University Press Novella Contest)
- The Quick-Change Artist: Stories, Swallow Press / Ohio UP, 2006
- Mercury, a novel, Shaye Areheart Books / Random House, 2002
- The Palace of Wasted Footsteps, U of Missouri Press, 1998
- The People Down South, U of Illinois Press, 1989
References[edit]
- ^ Biography, Cary Holladay, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ Department of English: Cary Holladay, University of Memphis, 2013, archived from the original on November 9, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ A Fight in the Doctor's Office, Miami University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ Cary Holladay, Humanities Tennessee, 2013, archived from the original on November 9, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013