Susan Engberg
Susan Engberg (born June 12, 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa) is an American novelist and award-winning author. She is of German and Danish descent.
Susan Engberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 12, 1940 Dubuque, Iowa |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Lawrence University |
Personal life
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Lawrence University in Wisconsin with a degree in English, Engberg worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, at Yale University and as an editor for the Iowa Review.
Engberg currently lives in Milwaukee with her husband, Charles, an architect and jazz musician, and their two daughters.[1]
Career
Engberg is the author of four short story collections. Her first collection, Pastorale, was called “so good that [it] could change your life” by Russell Banks in the New York Times.[2] The collection won the 1993 Banta Book Award.[3] She followed this up with A Stay by the River and Sarah's Laughter. Her latest collection, Above the Houses, was called "gorgeously crafted" in a review in Publishers Weekly, which added that "Engberg's quiet denouements feel wholly integral to these tales of quiet desperation."[4]
References
- "Susan Engberg- Delphinium Books". ORIM Blog Post.
- Banks, Russell (February 20, 1983). "Storytelling". New York Times.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120325054658/http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/readers/wlac/Banta/1983banta.htm. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25.
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