JM
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American writer
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Female
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Birth:
7 July 1958(North Carolina, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jill Collins McCorkle (July 7, 1958 Lumberton, North Carolina) is an American short story writer and novelist.
She graduated from University of North Carolina, in 1980, where she studied with Max Steele, Lee Smith, and Louis D. Rubin. She also attended Hollins College now Hollins University with Lee Smith where she received her MA. She taught at Tufts University, University of North Carolina, Duke University, Harvard University and Bennington College.
She teaches at North Carolina State University.
Awards
- 1993 New England Booksellers Award
- 2000 Dos Passos Prize
Works
Stories available online
- "Going Away Shoes", Blackbird, Fall, 2007
- "Magic Words", Narrative, Fall 2008