Wally Lamb
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born
October 17, 1950
place of birth
The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Wally Lamb 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 wife and three sons.
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She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb avg rating 3.70 — 39,435 ratings — published 1992 30 editions |
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I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb avg rating 4.12 — 22,808 ratings — published 1998 30 editions |
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The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb avg rating 3.66 — 7,077 ratings — published 2008 13 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 3.98 — 1,496 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 3.75 — 264 ratings — published 2007 7 editions |
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EU CONHECO A VERDADE by Wally Lamb avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 6 editions |
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この手のなかの真実 by ウォーリー ラム, Wally Lamb , 池田 真紀子 avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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Wally Lamb on tour for the book "I'll Fly Away"
Author appearance, November 10, 2009 12:00PM
University of Connecticut Co-op, 2075 Hillside Road, Storrs Mansfield, CT, The United States
See Wally Lamb on tour promoting the book "I'll Fly Away"
Author appearance, November 10, 2009 12:00PM
University of Connecticut Co-op, 2075 Hillside Road, Storrs Mansfield, CT, The United States
See Wally Lamb on tour promoting the book "I'll Fly Away"
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Wally Lamb on tour for the book "I'll Fly Away"
Author appearance, November 13, 2009 07:00PM
R.J. Julia Bookseller, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT, The United States
See Wally Lamb on tour promoting the book "I'll Fly Away"
Author appearance, November 13, 2009 07:00PM
R.J. Julia Bookseller, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT, The United States
See Wally Lamb on tour promoting the book "I'll Fly Away"
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Wally Lamb on tour for the book "I'll Fly Away"
Author appearance, November 18, 2009 06:00PM
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, The United States
See Wally Lamb on tour promoting the book "I'll Fly Away"
Author appearance, November 18, 2009 06:00PM
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, The United States
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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)
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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