Julia Slavin (born 1959) is an American

short story writer A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...

and

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

who won the 2000

Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award was an award given annually to beginning women writers. Established in 1995 by American author Rona Jaffe, the Foundation offers grants to writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The award wa ...

. Her work has appeared in ''

Gargoyle Magazine ''Gargoyle Magazine'' is a literary magazine based in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1976 by Russell Cox, Richard Peabody, and Paul Pasquarella. By 1977, Peabody was the only remaining original editor. He continued running the magazine ...

'', and ''

Tin House ''Tin House'' is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City. History Portland publisher Win McCormack originally conceived the idea for a literary magazine called ''Tin House'' in the summer ...

''. Her brother is

Robert Slavin Robert Edward Slavin (September 17, 1950 – April 24, 2021) was an American psychologist who studied educational and academic issues. He was known for the '' Success for All'' educational model. Until his death, he was a distinguished professor ...

Works

* ''The Woman Who Cut Off Her Leg at the Maidstone Club and Other Stories'' Henry Holt, 1999, ; Picador, 2000, *

Criticism

Reviews

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References

External links

"Julia Slavin in correspondence with Richard McCann"
''Believer'', September 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Slavin, Julia 21st-century American novelists American women short story writers Living people American women novelists 21st-century American women writers Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners 21st-century American short story writers 1959 births