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Jean Thompson
Jean Thompson is a novelist and short story writer. Her works include the novels A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl, She Poured Out Her Heart, The Humanity Project, The Year We Left Ho...view moreJean Thompson is a novelist and short story writer. Her works include the novels A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl, She Poured Out Her Heart, The Humanity Project, The Year We Left Home, City Boy, Wide Blue Yonder, The Woman Driver, and My Wisdom and the short story collections The Witch and Other Tales Re-Told, Do Not Deny Me, Throw Like a Girl, Who Do You Love (a National Book Award finalist), Little Face and Other Stories, and The Gasoline Wars. Thompson’s short fiction has been published in many magazines and journals, including the New Yorker, and anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize. Thompson has been the recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, among other accolades, and has taught creative writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Reed College, Northwestern University, and other colleges and universities. She lives in Urbana, Illinois.view less
Books by Jean Thompson
The Year We Left Home: A Novel A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Throw Like A Girl: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Do Not Deny Me: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5City Boy: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wide Blue Yonder: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5