Jane Hamilton has published eight novels: The Book of Ruth, A Map of the World, The Short History of a Prince, Disobedience, When Madeline was Young, Laura Rider’s Masterpiece, The Excellent Lombards, and most recently, The Phoebe Variations. Some have won literary prizes, been made into films, have been international best-sellers, and two of them, The Book of Ruth, and A Map of The World, were selections of Oprah’s Book Club. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Allure, the Oprah Magazine, Elle, and various anthologies. Through the years she’s taught writing at Carleton College and in the Warren Wilson MFA program, as well as workshops all over the USA and beyond— but for the most part she’s in Wisconsin with her apple farming husband.
Jane Hamilton has published eight novels: The Book of Ruth, A Map of the World, The Short History of a Prince, Disobedience, When Madeline was Young, Laura Rider’s Masterpiece, The Excellent Lombards, and most recently, The Phoebe Variations. Some have won literary prizes, been made into films, have been international best-sellers, and two of them, The Book of Ruth, and A Map of The World, were selections of Oprah’s Book Club. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Allure, the Oprah Magazine, Elle, and various anthologies. Through the years she’s taught writing at Carleton College and in the Warren Wilson MFA program, as well as workshops all over the USA and beyond— but for the most part she’s in Wisconsin with her apple farming husband.
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