Kaye Gibbons

Infobox Writer


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name = Kaye Gibbons
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birthplace = Nash County, North Carolina
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occupation = Novelist
nationality = United States
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genre = Southern literature
subject = Women
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notableworks = "Ellen Foster"
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website = http://www.kayegibbons.com

Kaye Gibbons (born May 5, 1960) is an American novelist. Her 1987 debut, "Ellen Foster", received the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, a Special Citation from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, and the The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Prize in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gibbons is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, and two of her books, "Ellen Foster" and "A Virtuous Woman", were selected for Oprah's Book Club in 1998.

Gibbons suffers from bipolar disorder and says she is extremely creative during her manic phases. "Ellen Foster" was written during one such phase.

Gibbons was born in Nash County, North Carolina and went to Rocky Mount Senior High School. She attended North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying American and English literature. Gibbons has three daughters.

Works

*"Ellen Foster" (1987)

A Cure for Dreams (1992)

Charms for the Easy Life (1993)

A Virtuous Woman (1997)

On The Occasion Of My Last Afternoon: A Novel (1998)

Divining Women (2004)

Sights Unseen (2005)

The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster (2005)

On The Occasion Of My Last Afternoon: A Novel (reprint) (2005)

External links

* [http://www.kayegibbons.com/ Kaye Gibbons' website]
* [http://www.womankindflp.org/newletter/interviews/gibbons.htm Interview with Kaye Gibbons at Womankind Education & Resource Center]
* [http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/stories/19990212_fkaye.html Article about Gibbons at Syracuse Online]