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Hillary Jordan
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
Hillary Jordan grew up in Texas and Oklahoma. She received her BA in English and Political Science from Wellesley College and spent fifteen years working as an advertising copywriter before starting to write fiction. She got her MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University.
Mudbound, published by Algonquin Books in March 2008, is her first book. It is the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Fiction Book of the Year. It is a Richard & Judy Book Club selection in the U.K. It won the 2006 Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded biennially to a debut novel that addresses issues of social justice. It’s a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick, a Borders Original Voices selection, a BookSense pick, and one of ...more
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combine editionsavg rating: 4.09 | 991 ratings | 3 distinct works
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Mudbound (Hardcover) by Hillary Jordan (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.09 — 497 ratings — published 2008 5 editions |
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Mudbound (Paperback) by Hillary Jordan (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2008 |
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Mudbound (Paperback) by Hillary Jordan (Goodreads author!) avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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upcoming events
event: Long Beach Festival of Authors
date: February 21, 2009 10:00AM
location: Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA, United States
description: Presentations by myself and 6 other women authors.
date: February 21, 2009 10:00AM
location: Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA, United States
description: Presentations by myself and 6 other women authors.
event: Hillary Jordan on tour for book "Mudbound"
date: March 01, 2009 02:00PM
location: Reading Series at Riversace Arts in Nyack, 119 Main Street, Nyack, NY, United States
description: Hillary Jordan on tour for book "Mudbound"
date: March 01, 2009 02:00PM
location: Reading Series at Riversace Arts in Nyack, 119 Main Street, Nyack, NY, United States
description: Hillary Jordan on tour for book "Mudbound"
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Hillary's writing
Mudbound (Literature & Fiction)
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updated 05/12/2008 09:09AM
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A story of forbidden love, betrayal and murder set on a farm in the Mississippi Delta just after World War II
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