Sandra Newman

Sandra Newman (born November 6, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American writer. She has a BA from Polytechnic of Central London, and an MA from the University of East Anglia.[1]

Newman's first novel, The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done,[2] was first published in 2002 and received a nomination for the 2002 Guardian First Book Award.[3] The novel features an American adoptee from Guatemala named Chrysalis Moffat and focuses on events in her and her familys' lives using an unusual style reminiscent of notes taken while composing the novel.[2]

Newman's third novel, The Country of Ice Cream Star (2014), was among eighty titles nominated for 2015 Folio Prize,[4] and among twenty works nominated for the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.[5] The novel follows protagonist, Ice Cream Fifteen Star, through a dystopian future United States while she searches for a cure for her brother's inherited disease.[5]

She is the author of one additional novel, Cake (2008); a memoir, Changeling (2010); and a guide to Western literature, The Western Lit Survival Kit: How To Read The Classics Without Fear (2012). She is the co-author of How Not To Write A Novel (2008) and Read This Next (2010).

References

  1. ↑ Interview, "The Times of London Magazine," July 10, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Jordan, Justine (August 10, 2002). "Tales from the unhappy childhood museum". Books. The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Guardian First Book Award 2002". The Guardian. London. The shortlist. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ Flood, Alison (December 15, 2014). "Folio prize reveals 80 titles in contention for 2015 award". Books. The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Baileys women's prize for fiction longlist - in pictures". The Guardian. London. March 10, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
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