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Entry Updated : 08/12/2010
Full text biography:
Annie Proulx
Birth Date :
1935
Known As :
Proulx, E. Annie,Proulx, Edna Annie,Proulx, E.A.
Place of Birth:
United States,Connecticut,Norwich
Nationality :
American
Occupation :
Writer
Personal Information:

Surname is pronounced "Pru"; born August 22, 1935, in Norwich, CT; daughter of George Napolean and Lois Nelly (Gill) Proulx; married and divorced three times, including James Hamilton Lang, married, 1969 (divorced, 1990); children: Jon Lang, Gillis Lang, Morgan Lang, Muffy Clarkson. Education: Attended Colby College, early 1950s; University of Vermont, Burlington, B.A. (cum laude), 1969; Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University), M.A., 1973, enrolled in Ph.D. program until 1975. Avocational Interests: Fishing, canoeing, skiing, bicycling, reading. Memberships: PEN, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta. Addresses: Home: Wyoming; Newfoundland, Canada. Agent: Liz Darhansoff, Darhansoff, Verrill, Felman Literary Agents, 236 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001.

Writings:

FICTION

  • Brokeback Mountain (short story), Fourth Estate (London, England), 1998, Scribner (New York, NY), 2005, published with screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana and essays by the writers as Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay, Scribner (New York, NY), 2006.
  • Close Range: Wyoming Stories, watercolors by William Matthews, Scribner (New York, NY), 1999.
  • That Old Ace in the Hole (novel), Scribner (New York, NY), 2002.
  • Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, Scribner (New York, NY), 2004.
  • Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3, Scribner (New York, NY), 2008.
  • Cloudbird (novel), Fourth Estate (London, England), 2009.

Work represented in anthologies, including Fiction, Flyfishing, and the Search for Innocence, Birch Brook Press, 1994, and The Best American Short Stories, 1997. Contributor of short stories to periodicals, including Esquire, Gray's Sporting Journal, Harrowsmith, Ploughshares, and Seventeen.

NONFICTION

  • (Editor) A Roaring in the Blood: Remembering Robert F. Jones, photography by Bill Eppridge, Sporting Classics (Columbia, SC), 2006.
  • William Matthews: Working the West (essay), Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 2007.
  • (Editor and contributor) Red Desert: History of a Place, photographs by Martin Stupich, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 2008.

Contributor of essay to Treadwell: Photographs, by Andrea Modica, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 1996. Contributor of articles to periodicals, including African Arts, Chicago Tribune, Country Journal, Down East, Equinox, Horticulture, National Wildlife, New York Times, Outside, Walking, and Yankee.

UNDER NAME E. ANNIE PROULX; FICTION

  • Heart Songs and Other Stories, Scribner (New York, NY), 1988.
  • Postcards (novel), Scribner (New York, NY), 1992.
  • The Shipping News (novel), Scribner (New York, NY), 1993.
  • Accordion Crimes (novel), Scribner (New York, NY), 1996.
UNDER NAME E. ANNIE PROULX; NONFICTION
  • (With Lew Nichols) Sweet and Hard Cider: Making It, Using It, and Enjoying It, Garden Way (Charlotte, VT), 1980, 3rd edition published under name Annie Proulx as Cider: Making, Using, and Enjoying Sweet and Hard Cider, Storey Publications (North Adams, MA), 2003.
  • "What'll You Take for It?" Back to Barter, Garden Way (Charlotte, VT), 1981.
  • (With Lew Nichols) The Complete Dairy Foods Cookbook: How to Make Everything from Cheese to Custard in Your Kitchen, Rodale Press (Emmaus, PA), 1982.
  • The Gardener's Journal and Record Book, Rodale Press (Emmaus, PA), 1983.
  • Plan and Make Your Own Fences and Gates, Walkways, Walls, and Drives, Rodale Press (Emmaus, PA), 1983.
  • The Fine Art of Salad Gardening, Rodale Press (Emmaus, PA), 1985.
  • The Gourmet Gardener: Growing Choice Fruits and Vegetables with Spectacular Results, illustrated by Robert Byrd, Fawcett Columbine (New York, NY), 1987.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, 2010
Gale Database: Contemporary Authors Online
Source Citation: " Annie Proulx." 2010. Books & Authors. Gale. Gale Internal User 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>