Jan 2, 2010

Fish | Author Biography

Jill Mccorkle was born July 7, 1958, in Lumberton, North Carolina, to John Wesley Jr. and Melba Ann (Collins) Mccorkle. She studied creative writing with Max Steele and Lee Smith at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1980, the year she graduated, Mccorkle won the Jesse Rehder Prize, the university's prestigious writing award. The following year she received a master's degree in writing from Hollins College.

Jill Mccorkle Photograph by Tom Rankin. Reproduced by permission.

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