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Maureen Howard


Born
in Bridgeport, CT, The United States
June 28, 1930

Died
March 13, 2022

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction


Maureen Howard is the author of seven novels, including Grace Abounding, Expensive Habits, and Natural History, all of which were nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award. 'Facts of Life' is an award-winning autobiography. She is a 1952 Smith College alumnae and has taught at a number of American universities, including Columbia, Princeton, Amherst, and Yale, and was recently awarded the Academy Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in New York City. ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 464,924 ratings · 26,757 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
Facts of Life
3.64 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions
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Bridgeport Bus
3.21 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions
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A Lover's Almanac
3.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions
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Natural History
3.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions
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Big as Life: Three Tales fo...
3.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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The Rags of Time
2.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
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Expensive Habits
2.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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Grace Abounding
2.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions
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Before My Time (The Penguin...
3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions
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The Silver Screen
2.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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Series by Maureen Howard

A Lover's Almanac Big as Life: Three Tales fo... The Silver Screen The Rags of Time
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“From above, start with the privileged view. ”
― Maureen Howard, Natural History
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“It is so difficult to endow our words with meaning, to talk sense to each other.”
― Maureen Howard
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