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词条 Sarah McCoy
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Personal

  4. Novels

  5. References

  6. External links

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}}Sarah McCoy (born 1980) is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling American novelist.

Early life and education

The daughter of a career Army officer, McCoy was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky, but grew up on or near military installations, including Frankfurt, Germany; Aberdeen, Maryland; Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and various cities in Virginia. She attended Virginia Tech where she received her BA in Journalism and Public Relations. She earned her MFA in English Creative Writing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Career

McCoy's master's degree thesis was her debut novel The Time It Snowed In Puerto Rico (Random House, 2009). Her second novel The Baker’s Daughter (Crown, 2012) was a New York Times bestseller,[1] a USA Today bestseller and an international bestseller. Her novella "The Branch of Hazel" is included in the WWII anthology Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion (Penguin, 2014). Her third novel The Mapmaker's Children was released by Crown on May 5, 2015.[2][3] Her fourth novel Marilla of Green Gables released from William Morrow/Harper Collins in 2018 and was a book club pick for USA Today, New York Post, Woman's World, BOOKBUB, POPSUGAR, Library Journal, and Indie Next List, among other accolades.

McCoy's writing has appeared in Real Simple, The Millions, Your Health Monthly, Writer Unboxed, Read It Forward, and the Huffington Post. She has taught English writing at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Personal

McCoy and her husband, an orthopedic sports surgeon at Wake Forest University, live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[4]

Novels

  • The Time It Snowed In Puerto Rico, Random House, 2009[5]
  • The Baker's Daughter, Crown, 2012[6]
  • The Branch of Hazel (a novella) in the anthology Grand Central, Penguin, 2014
  • The Mapmaker's Children, Crown, 2015.[7][8]
  • Proof of Providence, published only in French (Le souffle des feuilles et des promesses), Michel Lafon, 2017.
  • Marilla of Green Gables, Harper Collins, 2018.

References

1. ^"Melding past and present: Best-selling El Paso writer ready to promote new novel". By Ramón Rentería / El Paso Times April 25, 2015
2. ^" The Mapmaker's Children". Bookpage, by Marianne Peters
3. ^"The Mapmaker’s Children". Pblishers Weekly
4. ^[https://www.journalnow.com/relishnow/the_arts/well-traveled-bestselling-author-planting-roots-in-n-c-soil/article_f825ebb4-4405-5968-908c-4b8e4474a5d2.html "Well-traveled, bestselling author planting roots in N.C. soil."]. Lynn Felder \\ Winston-Salem Journal October 20, 2018
5. ^"The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico ". Publishers Weekly.
6. ^"Book Review: The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy" Peek Between the Pages, August 29th, 2012
7. ^"Fiction review: ‘The Mapmaker’s Children,’ by Sarah McCoy". Dallas Morning News
8. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-the-mapmakers-children-john-browns-daughter-gets-her-due/2015/05/12/380b0f08-f32b-11e4-84a6-6d7c67c50db0_story.html "In ‘The Mapmaker’s Children,’ John Brown’s daughter gets her due"]. Washington Post. Carol Memmott May 12, 2015.

External links

  • Official website
  • http://www.themillions.com/author/sarah-mccoy
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