| Colleges & Universities Attended, Degrees Received |
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Honorary Doctorate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2007 |
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M.Ed. English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1976 |
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B.S. English Education, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1973 |
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| Selected Publications |
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In a Town Called Mundomuerto, Omnidawn Publishing, 2007 (novel) |
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Heart So Hungry, Knopf Canada, 2004 (nonfiction) |
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Disquiet Heart, Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press, 2002 (novel) |
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On Night's Shore, Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press, 2001 (novel) |
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Mysticus, Wolfhawk Books, 1999 (novel) |
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Dead Man Falling, Carroll & Graf, 1996 (novel) |
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An Occasional Hell, The Permanent Press, 1996 (novel) |
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Under the Rainbow, The Permanent Press, 1993 (novel) |
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Excelsior, Henry Holt and Company, 1988 (novel) |
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The Luckiest Man in the World, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1984 (story collection) |
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| Awards & Recognitions |
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Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Screenwriting Fellowship Award, 2004 |
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Grand Prize, Screenwriting Showcase Awards for "the Algerian," 2003 |
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Finalist, Anything But Hollywood Screenwriting Competition for "Marguerite and the Moon Man," 2003 |
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New York Times Recommended Summer Reading List for On Night's Shore, 2001 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 1988 |
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Fullbright "Senior Scholar Research Grant to the Caribbean, 1988 |
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Theatre Assocation of Pennsylvania Playwriting Grant, 1986 |
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First Place, National Playwrights Showcase Award, "Driven to Acts of Kindness," 1985 |
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Drue Heinz Literature Prize for story collection The Luckiest Man in the World, 1984 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 1983 |
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