Oates, Joyce Carol

Oates, Joyce Carol( 1938– ),
born in Lockport, N.Y., after graduation from Syracuse University and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin became a professor of English, first at the University of Detroit, then the University of Windsor, Ontario, and since 1987 at Princeton, and a prolific author. Her novels include With Shuddering Fall (1964); A Garden of Earthly Delights (1967); Expensive People (1968); them (1969, National Book Award); Wonderland (1971); Do with Me What You Will (1973); The Assassins (1975); The Childwold (1976); The Triumph of the Spider Monkey (1978); Bellefleur (1980); A Bloodsmoor Romance (1982); Last Days (1984); Solstice (1985); Marya, a Life (1986); You Must Remember This (1987); Raven's Wing (1987); American Appetites (1989); Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (1990); I...

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