| Lucy Honig | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1948-05-07)May 7, 1948 |
| Died | September 18, 2017(2017-09-18) (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Syracuse University Hunter College (MEd) |
| Genre | Short story |
| Notable awards | Drue Heinz Literature Prize (1999) |
Lucy Honig (May 7, 1948 – September 18, 2017) was an American short story writer.
Life
She graduated from Syracuse University and from Hunter College with a master's in education. She taught in the Boston University School of Public Health.
Her work appeared in AGNI, DoubleTake, Gargoyle, The Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares
Awards
- 1998 Drue Heinz Literature Prize
- 1992, 1996 O. Henry Award for short fiction
- L.L. Winship PEN New England award finalist
Works
Short stories
- Open Season. Scala House Publishers, LLC. 2002. ISBN 978-0-9720287-2-1.
- The truly needy and other stories. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8229-5781-2. (reprint 2002)
- English as a Second Language. 20 Century American Short Stories - Volume 2. 1995.
Novels
- Waiting for Rescue: A Novel. Counterpoint. 2009. ISBN 978-1-58243-527-5.
- Picking up: by Lucy Honig. Dog Ear Press. 1986. ISBN 978-0-937966-20-4.
Anthologies
- Best American Short Stories 1988,
- William Miller Abrahams, ed. (1992). Prize Stories 1992: The O. Henry Awards. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-385-42192-8.
- John Edgar Wideman, ed. (2003). 20: The Best of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-5815-4.
References
- Hope Green (2 April 1999). "SPH prof wins fiction prize for American survival stories". B.U. Bridge.
- "AGNI Online: Author Lucy Honig". Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- "Gargoyle: Issue 54". Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- "Read by Author | Ploughshares".
- http://www.jfklibrary.org/NR/rdonlyres/A9BA6BE2-F20A-4268-97C1-4C65433B1C44/31567/PENHemingwaywithRobertPinsky9999996.pdf