Gail Godwin
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born
June 18, 1937
gender
female
place of birth
Birmingham, Alabama, The United States
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genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
about this author
Gail Kathleen Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer. She has published one non-fiction work, two collections of short stories, and eleven novels, three of which have been nominated for the National Book Award and five of which have made the New York Times Bestseller List.
Godwin's body of work has garnered many honors, including three National Book Award nominations, a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Five of her novels have been on the New York Times best seller list.
Godwin lives and writes in Woodstock, New York.
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Evensong (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.63 — 253 ratings — published 2000 4 editions |
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Father Melancholy's Daughter (Paperback) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.98 — 197 ratings — published 1997 8 editions |
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The Good Husband (Virago Modern Classics) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.86 — 91 ratings — published 2002 7 editions |
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The Finishing School (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.57 — 84 ratings — published 1999 6 editions |
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Mother and Two Daughters (Paperback) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.83 — 77 ratings — published 1994 7 editions |
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Queen of the Underworld: A Novel (Paperback) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.03 — 103 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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A Southern Family (Paperback) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.70 — 69 ratings — published 1997 8 editions |
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Evenings at Five: A Novel and Five New Stories (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.60 — 65 ratings — published 2004 4 editions |
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The Odd Woman: A Novel (Paperback) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.49 — 64 ratings — published 2005 4 editions |
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Violet Clay: A Novel (Paperback) by Gail Godwin avg rating 3.73 — 32 ratings — published 2005 2 editions |
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