What is Joyce Carol Oates's middle name?
Carol
Joyce Carol Oates date of birth:
June 16, 1938
How old is Joyce Carol Oates?
88
Where was Joyce Carol Oates born?
Lockport, New York
What is Joyce Carol Oates nationality?
American
What is Joyce Carol Oates's occupation?
Novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, professor, editor
Short Biography
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over 40 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), Blonde (2000), and short story collections The Wheel of Love and Other Stories (1970) and Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.