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  <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[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.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown> Birmingham, Alabama</hometown>  <born_at>06/18/1937</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Evensong]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.65</average_rating>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Father Melancholy's Daughter]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.91</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>238</ratings_count>
  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Good Husband]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.72</average_rating>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Finishing School]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.44</average_rating>
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  <published>1984</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mother and Two Daughters]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.65</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>101</ratings_count>
  <published>1982</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Queen of the Underworld: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.05</average_rating>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Southern Family]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.59</average_rating>
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  <published>1987</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Odd Woman: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.47</average_rating>
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  <published>1974</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Evenings at Five: A Novel and Five New Stories]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.55</average_rating>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Violet Clay: A Novel]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Gail Godwin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.47</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>38</ratings_count>
  <published>1986</published>  
  
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