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Jean Thompson

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Jean Thompson is a New York Times bestselling author and her new novel,
The Humanity Project
will be published by Blue Rider Press on April 23, 2013.

Thompson is also the author of the novel The Year We Left Home, the acclaimed short fiction collections Do Not Deny Me, and Throw Like a Girl as well as the novel City Boy; the short story collection Who Do You Love, and she is a 1999 National Book Award finalist for fiction as well as and the novel Wide Blue Yonder, a New York Times Notable Book and Chicago Tribune Best Fiction selection for 2002.

Her short fiction has been published in many magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, and been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize. Jean's work has been praised by Elle Magazine as "bracing and wildly intelligent writing that explores the nature of love in all its hidden and manifest dimensions."

Jean's other books include the short story collections The Gasoline Wars and Little Face, and the novels My Wisdom and The Woman Driver.

Jean has been the recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, among other accolades, and taught creative writing at the University of Illinois--Champaign/ Urbana, Reed College, Northwestern University, and many other colleges and universities.

Jean Thompson

3.4/5 ( ratings)
Website
Go to Website
Jean Thompson is a New York Times bestselling author and her new novel,
The Humanity Project
will be published by Blue Rider Press on April 23, 2013.

Thompson is also the author of the novel The Year We Left Home, the acclaimed short fiction collections Do Not Deny Me, and Throw Like a Girl as well as the novel City Boy; the short story collection Who Do You Love, and she is a 1999 National Book Award finalist for fiction as well as and the novel Wide Blue Yonder, a New York Times Notable Book and Chicago Tribune Best Fiction selection for 2002.

Her short fiction has been published in many magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, and been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize. Jean's work has been praised by Elle Magazine as "bracing and wildly intelligent writing that explores the nature of love in all its hidden and manifest dimensions."

Jean's other books include the short story collections The Gasoline Wars and Little Face, and the novels My Wisdom and The Woman Driver.

Jean has been the recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, among other accolades, and taught creative writing at the University of Illinois--Champaign/ Urbana, Reed College, Northwestern University, and many other colleges and universities.

Books from Jean Thompson

The Year We Left Home

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The Humanity Project

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Throw Like a Girl: Stories

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The Witch And Other Tales Re-Told

3.2/5 ( ratings)

She Poured Out Her Heart

3/5 ( ratings)

Who Do You Love: Stories

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Wide Blue Yonder

3.6/5 ( ratings)

City Boy

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Brother of the Wolves

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Ploughshares Spring 2014 Guest-Edited by Jean Thompson

4/5 ( ratings)

Ploughshares Fall 1987

4/5 ( ratings)

I'm Still Here...: I'm Not Done Yet

4/5 ( ratings)

Don't Forget Michael

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Ploughshares Spring 1977

4/5 ( ratings)

Best Guide to Ravenglass

4/5 ( ratings)

The Early Years Intervention Toolkit: Inclusive Activities to Support Child Development

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The Early Years Intervention Toolkit: Inclusive Activities to Support Child Development

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Up-Hill All the Way

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The Poet's House

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A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl

4/5 ( ratings)
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