Barbara Croft won the Drue Heinz Literature
Prize in 1998 for her short story collection
Necessary Fictions. Moon’s Crossing is her first
novel. A native Iowan, she has lived in the
Chicago area for several years
Barbara Croft won the Drue Heinz Literature
Prize in 1998 for her short story collection
Necessary Fictions. Moon’s Crossing is her first
novel. A native Iowan, she has lived in the
Chicago area for several years
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