Lydia Davis

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Born	July 15, 1947 (age 77) • Northampton • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors	Man Booker International Prize (2013)
Notable Works	“Break It Down” • “Can’t and Won’t” • “Essays One” • “Essays Two” • “The Collected Stories” • “The End of the Story” • “The Thirteenth Woman, and Other Stories”
Notable Family Members	spouse Paul Auster

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Mark Twain

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James Baldwin

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Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Roxane Gay

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Truman Capote

Truman Capote

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Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson

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Harriette Arnow

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Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon

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Harlan Ellison.

Harlan Ellison

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Paul Auster

Paul Auster

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Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

John Updike

John Updike

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Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng

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Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

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