Jean McGarry

Jean McGarry is an author of fiction and a Professor in the [http://web.jhu.edu/writingseminars/about.html/ Writing Seminars] program at Johns Hopkins University. She served as chairperson of the department from 1997-2005.

She received her BA from Harvard in 1970, and an MA in Writing from JHU in 1983.

In addition to being a novelist, she has written many short stories, that have appeared in: The New Yorker, The Yale Review, Boulevard, The Southwest Review, and other publications.

Publications

*"A Bad and Stupid Girl", University of Michigan Press, 2006
*"Dream Date", Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
*"Gallagher's Travels", Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
*"Home At Last, Baltimore": The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
*"The Courage of Girls", New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1991
*"The Very Rich Hours", Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987
*"Airs of Providence", Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985

Prizes, Awards, and Grants

*University of Michigan Fiction Prize, 2006
*Bread Loaf Fellowship, 1989
*Towson State University Prize for Literature, 1988
*National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for 1987-88, 1985
*Southern Review, Louisiana State University Short Fiction Prize
*Pushcart Prize, 1988