Anna Solomon
Prior to writing her first novel, she was a journalist for National Public Radio.[2] She then received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop.[3] Her first book, the 2011 novel The Little Bride, is about the life of an orphaned, Jewish girl from the Russian Pale of settlement who goes to a South Dakota farm as a mail order bride.[4]
Anna Solomon is an American novelist.[1]
Her second novel is Leaving Lucy Pear[5], a story about a baby that has been abandoned in a pear orchard.[6][7][8][9][10]
She is the two time recipient of the Pushcart Prize[2] and the recipient of the Missouri Review Editor's Prize.[11]
Solomon was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts and lives in Brooklyn, New York along with her husband and two kids.[12]
Books
- The Little Bride (2011)
- Leaving Lucy Pear (2016)
- The Book of V. (2020)
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References
- September 22, Sophie Siegel; 2016 (2016-09-22). "Interview: Anna Solomon". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2019-11-28.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Anna Solomon | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- Schaff, Sara. "Truth Before Accuracy: An Interview with Anna Solomon". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- Lambert, Josh (29 September 2011). "Bride Shipped from Shtetl to South Dakota". The Forward. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- "Novel 'Leaving Lucy Pear' An Intricate Tale Of Secrets, Class And Motherhood". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- Beidenharm, Isabella (5 August 2016). "'Leaving Lucy Pear' by Anna Solomon: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- Leavitt, Caroline (29 July 2016). "Tale of an abandoned baby in Prohibition era New England". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/books/review/leaving-lucy-pear-anna-solomon.html?_r=0
- "In 'Leaving Lucy Pear,' 2 Women Are Forever Linked By A Baby Girl". WBUR. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- Lemburger, Michael (Summer 2016). "Poverty, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Class in Anna Solomon's "Leaving Lucy Pear"". Lilith. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- Schaff, Sara. "Truth Before Accuracy: An Interview with Anna Solomon". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- "Anna Solomon | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
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