Sharon Solwitz is a fiction writer and professor based in Chicago, Illinois. She is the author of the short story collection ''Blood and Milk'' and the novels ''Bloody Mary'' and ''Once, in Lourdes''.
Tom Perotta and
Heidi Pitlor selected her story "Alive" for inclusion in ''
The Best American Short Stories 2012'', and her story "Gifted" was chosen for the 2016 collection. She earned a Ph.D. from
the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1991,
and teaches creative writing at
Purdue University
Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...
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The author's faculty page
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University of Illinois Chicago alumni
Purdue University faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women writers