Cary Holladay

Cary Holladay is an American writer and professor, best known for her historical short fiction. In 1999, her story "Merry-Go-Sorry" about the West Memphis Three murder case was selected by Stephen King for an O. Henry Award. She is the author of a novel, Mercury; a novella, A Fight in the Doctor's Office; and five collections of short fiction. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Memphis with her husband, the poet John Bensko.[1][2][3]

Originally from Virginia, Holladay graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. and then went on to earn an M.A. in Fiction Writing from Pennsylvania State University.[4] She currently teaches at the University of Memphis, where she has held honors including a First Tennessee Professor award.[1]

Her stories have appeared in over sixty literary journals and anthologies, including New Stories from the South and The Oxford American.[5]

Works

  • The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State UP, 2013 (Winner of the 2012 Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction)
  • Horse People: Stories, Louisiana State UP, 2013
  • A Fight in the Doctor’s Office, Miami UP, 2008 (Winner of the 2007 Miami University Press Novella Contest)
  • The Quick-Change Artist: Stories, Swallow Press / Ohio UP, 2006
  • Mercury, a novel, Shaye Areheart Books / Random House, 2002
  • The Palace of Wasted Footsteps, U of Missouri Press, 1998
  • The People Down South, U of Illinois Press, 1989

References

  1. 1 2 Department of English: Cary Holladay, University of Memphis, 2013, archived from the original on November 9, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  2. ↑ A Fight in the Doctor's Office, Miami University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  3. ↑ The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  4. ↑ Biography, Cary Holladay, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  5. ↑ Cary Holladay, Humanities Tennessee, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013


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