Carolyn Ferrell (born 1962, Brooklyn, New York) is an American short story writer and novelist.
Life Ferrell graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and City College of New York with an MA. She has lived, worked, and studied in West Berlin, Manhattan, and the South Bronx. She is married to and has children with psychology professor Linwood Lewis.
Her work has appeared in The Literary Review, Callaloo, Fiction, and Sojourner: The Women's Forum.
She teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College.Writing Faculty sarahlawrence.edu
Awards YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef1994Proper Library The Best American Short Stories—In1997Don't Erase Me: StoriesJohn C. Zacharis First Book Award—Los Angeles Times Book PrizeArt Seidenbaum Award for First FictionQuality Paperback Book Prize—2020Something Street The Best American Short Stories2022Dear Miss MetropolitanPEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction—PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel—
Works
Anthologies
Ploughshares "Proper Library", Ploughshares, Spring 1993 "Tiger Frame Glasses", Ploughshares, Spring 1997
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