Cary Holladay | |
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| Born | Richmond, Virginia |
| Occupation | Author, teacher |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | College of William and Mary (BA), Pennsylvania State University (MA) |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | John Bensko |
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Cary Holladay is an American writer and professor, best known for her historical short fiction. In 1999, her story "Merry-Go-Sorry" about the West Memphis Three murder case was selected by Stephen King for an O. Henry Award.
Biography
Originally from Virginia, Holladay graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. and then went on to earn an M.A. from Pennsylvania State University. [1]
She is the author of a novel, Mercury; a novella, A Fight in the Doctor's Office; and six collections of short fiction. She taught in the MFA program at the University of Memphis, with her husband, the poet John Bensko, and retired in 2020; her honors held there included a First Tennessee Professor Award. [2] [3] [4]
Her stories have appeared in over sixty literary journals and anthologies, including New Stories from the South and The Oxford American. [5]
Works
- Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella, Swallow Press/Ohio UP, 2019
- The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State UP, 2013 (Winner of the 2012 Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction)
- Horse People: Stories, Louisiana State UP, 2013
- A Fight in the Doctor’s Office, Miami UP, 2008 (Winner of the 2007 Miami University Press Novella Contest)
- The Quick-Change Artist: Stories, Swallow Press / Ohio UP, 2006
- Mercury, a novel, Shaye Areheart Books / Random House, 2002
- The Palace of Wasted Footsteps, U of Missouri Press, 1998
- The People Down South, U of Illinois Press, 1989
References
- ^ Biography, Cary Holladay, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ Department of English: Cary Holladay, University of Memphis, 2013, archived from the original on November 9, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ A Fight in the Doctor's Office, Miami University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
- ^ Cary Holladay, Humanities Tennessee, 2013, archived from the original on November 9, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013