Alice McDermott
Alice McDermott is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist known for her literary fiction that frequently explores Irish American identity, family life, and the Catholic experience in contemporary America. Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, she has authored numerous novels, including the National Book Award-winning 'Charming Billy'. Her work has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize multiple times. She is also a distinguished educator, having served as the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University.
Awards
['National Book Award for Fiction (1998)', 'American Book Award', 'Whiting Award', 'Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award (2024)', 'Prix Femina Étranger', 'Inducted into the New York Writers Hall of Fame']
Notable Works
["A Bigamist's Daughter", 'That Night', 'At Weddings and Wakes', 'Charming Billy', 'Child of My Heart', 'After This', 'Someone', 'The Ninth Hour', 'Absolution']
