Authors and Illustrators Database

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Born: 09/14/1962  Kalamazoo, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Frederick Loesser and Susanna Campbell
Spouse: Christopher J. Magson
Children: none
Address(es):
PO Box 52
Comstock , MI 49041
Contact Information:
Phone: (616) 349-8817
Website: http://www.bonniejocampbell.com
Email: [email protected]
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Mothers, tell your daughters : stories
- A collection of stories featuring the working-class struggles and self-sabotaging betrayals of mother and daughter protagonists. 2016 Michigan Notable Book.
Fiction, Short Stories Adult New York : W. W. Norton & Company 2015
Once Upon a River
- 2012 Michigan Notable Book.
Fiction, Michigan Adult New York : W. W. Norton & Co 2011
American Salvage
- Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award.
Fiction, Short Stories Adult New York : W. W. Norton Publishing; Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press 2009-2010
Image of Q Road Q Road Fiction, Michigan Adult New York : Scribner 2001
Gorilla Girls
- German edition of Women and Other Animals.
Fiction Adult Schneekluth (Munich) 2001
Our Working Lives: Short Stories of People and Work
- Co-edited with Larry Smith; This is an anthology of fiction which includes stories by Stuart Dybek, Percival Everett, and Jim Daniels.
Fiction, Short Stories Adult Bottom Dog Press (Huron, Ohio) 2000
Woman & Other Animals
- Short story collection: winner of AWP Short Fiction Award. (Publication Years: 1999, 2002)
Fiction, Short Stories Adult Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Simon & Schuster 1999-2002
Image of Ein Wilder Tag Ein Wilder Tag
- German edition of Q Road.
Fiction Adult Droemer Knaur
Other writings:
- Numerous short pieces published in a variety of literary journals, see www.bonniejocampbell.com for more information.
Adult
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May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Michigan Notable Books
- Mothers, tell your daughters : stories
2016
Michigan Notable Book selection for Once Upon a River 2012
Michigan Author Award 2012
American Salvage: Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award. 2009
Pushcart prize for "Smallest Man in the World" 2000
AWP Award for Short Fiction for "Woman & Other Animals" 1998

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Who's Who in the Midwest

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
- Fiction Writing
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 1998
Master of Arts (M.A.) Mathematics Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 1994
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) Philosophy University of Chicago Chicago, IL 1984

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Visiting professor 1999-2002
Bicycle tour guide
- president of Goulash Tours Inc.
1989-1994

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