Draft:Alice LaPlante
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Alice LaPlante | |
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| Born | Chicago |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | stanford university |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Notable works | Turn of Mind (2011) |
| Notable awards | Stegner Fellowship[1] Wellcome Book Prize |
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Alice LaPlante is an American author known for her works of fiction and non-fiction.[2] She is also a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University and Professor of Creative writing at San Francisco State University.[3] She has been awarded with Wellcome Book Prize[4] and was the finalist of Barry Award (crime novel prize) and Macavity Awards.[5]
Biography[edit]
She grew up in Chicago.[6] She attended Stanford University, where she earned a degree in English Literature. Later, she pursued further studies in writing.[7]
Career[edit]
After completing her education, LaPlante began her career as a writer, and gained recognition for her work as a journalist and writer, She's written for several tech periodicals including IBM, HP, Oracle, Microsoft, and Sunsoft.[1]
Additionally, she taught creative writing at Stanford University and San Francisco State University.[8]
LaPlante is the author of several books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her debut novel, Turn of Mind, published in 2011, received critical acclaim and won the Wellcome Trust Book Prize.[9] The novel explores the experience of Alzheimer's disease through the perspective of a suspect with the condition. LaPlante's writing style and narrative techniques were praised for their authenticity and emotional depth.[10]
In addition to her novels, LaPlante has published short stories in literary journals such as Epoch and Southwest Review.[11] She is also the author of Method and Madness: The Making of a Story, a non-fiction book on the craft of writing.[12]
In 2014 LaPlante published her novel "A Circle of Wives," narrating a story of plastic surgeon John Taylor's mysterious death reveals his hidden life with three wives.[13]
In 2018 She published Half Moon Bay, that navigates grief, trauma, and hope amidst the eerie disappearance of young girls in her seaside village.[14]
Bibliography[edit]
- Laplante, Alice (2011). Turn of Mind. Grove Press. ISBN 9780802145901.
- A Circle of Wives. Atlantic Monthly Press. March 4, 2014. p. 325. ISBN 978-0802122346.
- Coming of Age at the End of Days. Audible Studios. 2015. ISBN 978-1-5113-5772-2.
- Half Moon Bay. Scribner. 10 July 2018. ISBN 978-1-5011-9088-9.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Baker, Jeff (9 July 2011). "Alice LaPlante: business writer, teacher, first novelist". oregonlive.
- ^ Bartell, Gerald. "'Half Moon Bay,' by Alice LaPlante". SFGATE.
- ^ "A Talk by Alice LaPlante". American University of Sharjah. 3 November 2013.
- ^ Allen, Katie. "LaPlante wins Wellcome prize". The Bookseller.
- ^ "Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante". Grove Atlantic.
- ^ Flood, Alison (22 November 2011). "Alice LaPlante: 'Alzheimer's is a hard thing to frame'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Alice LaPlante author biography". BookBrowse.com.
- ^ Slutzky, Zoë (15 July 2011). "An Alzheimer's Mystery Novel". The New York Times.
- ^ Corrigan, Maureen. "'Turn Of Mind': The Haunted House Is In Your Head". NPR.
- ^ Ciabattari, Jane (27 July 2011). "Alice LaPlante on Her Alzheimer's Mystery, Turn of Mind". The Daily Beast.
- ^ "'Turn of Mind' by Alice LaPlante wins the Wellcome Trust Book Prize". Wellcome. 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Method and madness : the making of a story / Alice LaPlante". catalog.library.vanderbilt.edu.
- ^ Woog, Adam (14 March 2014). "'A Circle of Wives': three wives, one murder". The Seattle Times.
- ^ Dyer, Shannon. "Half Moon Bay by Alice LaPlante". All About Romance.