Alice McDermott
1953
Alice McDermott is an award winning author from New York, United States, who likes to write literature & fiction books. She is known to have written a number of bestselling books in her career. For one of her books, Charming Billy, Alice was awarded with the National Book Award and the American Book Award. In addition to being a renowned author, she is also a famous university professor and is employed at the University of John Hopkins. Alice is a Professor of Humanities. Author Alice was born on June 27, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. She finished her school education from the St Boniface School, located in Elmont, Long Island in 1967. Later, she attended the Sacred Heart Academy, located in Hempstead in 1971. Author Alice obtained her Bachelor Arts degree from the New York State University at Oswego in 1975. Following this, she enrolled herself at the New Hampshire University and obtained her Master of Arts degree in 1978. Immediately after graduating from New Hampshire University, author Alic began teaching at the American University and UCSD. She is known to have been a writer in residence at the Hollins College and Lynchburg College in Virginia. For a short duration, Alice has even worked as an English lecturer at the University of New Hampshire. As a writer, Alice has penned numerous novels and feels blessed to have been able to carry her careers of teaching and writing together with ease. In addition to the full length novels, author Alice has also written several short stories, which have appeared in various literary magazines such as Mademoiselle, Seventeen, Ms. Redbook, and The New Yorker. Alice has even published a few articles in The Washington Post and The New York Times. As of today, author Alice resides in Washington, DC, along with her beloved husband and 3 children. Alice’s husband works as a Neuro-scientist. Author Alice is a follower of Catholism, however, once she deemed that she is not very good at following her religion. Author Alice won the Whiting Writers Award in 1987 for one of her novels. She has also been nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize on three occasions in the category of the best fiction novel.