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Janet Burroway
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1936
Janet Burroway is an American author. Burroway's published oeuvre includes eight novels, memoirs, short stories, poems, translations, plays, two children's books, and two how-to books about the craft of writing. Her novel The Buzzards was nominated for the 1970 Pulitzer Prize. Raw Silk is her most acclaimed novel thus far. While Burroway's literary fame is due to her novels, the book that has won her the widest readership is Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, first published in 1982. Now in its 10th edition, the book is used as a textbook in writing programs throughout the United States.
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1936
Janet Burroway is an American author. Burroway's published oeuvre includes eight novels, memoirs, short stories, poems, translations, plays, two children's books, and two how-to books about the craft of writing. Her novel The Buzzards was nominated for the 1970 Pulitzer Prize. Raw Silk is her most acclaimed novel thus far. While Burroway's literary fame is due to her novels, the book that has won her the widest readership is Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, first published in 1982. Now in its 10th edition, the book is used as a textbook in writing programs throughout the United States.
Janet Burroway was born in 1936 in the city of Tucson, United States.
She is a prolific American author who has published a total of 24 works throughout her career.
Her creative range spans various genres, distinguishing herself as a novelist, poet, and essayist.
Her book Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft is widely recognized as a fundamental work on the art of narrative.
Her work deeply explores literary technique and the perspective of women in writing.
