Lucy Honig (May 7, 1948 – September 18, 2017) was an American short story writer.

Life She graduated from Syracuse University and from Hunter College with a master's in education. She taught in the Boston University School of Public Health.

Her work appeared in AGNI, DoubleTake, Gargoyle, The Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares

Awards 1998 Drue Heinz Literature Prize 1992, 1996 O. Henry Award for short fiction L.L. Winship PEN New England award finalisthttp://www.jfklibrary.org/NR/rdonlyres/A9BA6BE2-F20A-4268-97C1-4C65433B1C44/31567/PENHemingwaywithRobertPinsky9999996.pdf

Works

Short stories

(reprint 2002)

Novels

Anthologies Best American Short Stories 1988,

References

External links "THE TRULY NEEDY: And Other Stories.", The New York Times, GARDNER McFALL, February 6, 2000