Wally Lamb
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born
October 17, 1950
gender
male
place of birth
The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Wally Lamb (born 17 October 1950) is the author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True. Both were featured as selections of Oprah's Book Club. Lamb is the recipient of the 1998 Governor’s Arts Award, State of Connecticut, a past recipient of the NEA grant for fiction and is a Missouri Review William Peden fiction prize winner.
He was the director of the Writing Center at the Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut from 1989-1998, and is currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Connecticut’s English Department. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Education from the University of Connecticut and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College. Lamb lives in Mansfield, Connecticut with his wif...more
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She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb avg rating 3.72 — 33,390 ratings — published 1992 31 editions |
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I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb avg rating 4.14 — 19,466 ratings — published 1998 29 editions |
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The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb avg rating 3.67 — 4,789 ratings — published 2008 11 editions |
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Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution by Wally Lamb avg rating 3.99 — 1,339 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison by Wally Lamb avg rating 3.73 — 222 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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I'll Fly Away by Wally Lamb avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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O Dio Mio: A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 3 editions |
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"It was a matter of perspective, I began to see.
The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist."
-- Dolores Price"
— Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone)
3 editions
The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist."
-- Dolores Price"
— Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone)
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