Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie
(2001)
Edgar Allan Poe Professor
Creative Writing
Degrees
M.A. University of Connecticut, 1970
B.A. American University, 1969
Interests
Ann is the Edgar Allan Poe Chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing. She is the author of seven novels, including Chilly Scenes of Winter, My Life Starring Dara Falcon, and the forthcoming The Doctor's House, and seven short story collections, among them Secrets and Surprises, What Was Mine, Park City: New & Selected Stories, and Perfect Recall. Her many honors include the Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the PEN/Malamud award for Excellence in Short Fiction.
Books
- The Doctor's House, Scribner (2002).
- Perfect Recall, Scribner (2000).
- Seven collections of short stories
- Seven novels
Articles
Articles have appeared in Life; The New Yorker; Harper's; Esquire, among others.
Current Projects
- A novella and a new collection of stories.
- Writing about photography for the 21st Century: A Journal of Contemporary Photography
Honors
- PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, 2000
- Vice President for Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1998-1999
- Elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1993
- Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1980
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1978