A. M. Homes
American writer (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amy M. Homes (pen name A. M. Homes; born December 18, 1961[1]) is an American writer best known for her controversial novels and unusual short stories, which feature extreme situations and characters. Notably, her novel The End of Alice (1996) is about a convicted child molester and murderer.
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Born | (1961-12-18) December 18, 1961 (age 62) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School American University Sarah Lawrence College (BA) Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) |
Period | 1989–present |
Notable works | The End of Alice (1996) |
Children | Juliet Homes |
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Homes, who was adopted at birth, met her biological parents for the first time when she was 31, and published a memoir, The Mistress's Daughter (2007) about her exploration of her expanded "family". Her novel[update] May We Be Forgiven was published by Viking Books in 2012; its first chapter was published in the 100th issue of Granta (in 2008; edited by William Boyd), and was selected by Salman Rushdie for The Best American Short Stories 2008. The novel won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2013.[2] Her newest novel, The Unfolding, was published by Viking on September 6, 2022.