| − | '''Ann Beattie''' (Born 1947) is an American author. Her works include ''Distortions'' (1976), ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'' (1976), ''Where You'll Find Me'' (1986) and ''Picturing Will'' (1990).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref> | + | '''Ann Beattie''' (Born 1947) is an American author. Her works include ''Distortions'' (1976), ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'', her first novel, (1976), ''Where You'll Find Me'' (1986) and ''Picturing Will'' (1990).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref> |
| | + | Beattie was born on September 8, 1947, in Washington D.C., graduated from American University in 1969, and got a master of arts degree from the University of Connecticut in 1970.<ref name="brit">"Beattie, Ann." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> She began to print her short stories in ''The New Yorker'' in the early 1970s. |
| | + | Her short stories, such as "Burning House" and "Snow" concern a sort of apathetic, godless suburban world of discord, secrecy and sin.<ref>http://www.storybites.com/author-biographies/ann-beattie.php</ref> Many of her characters came of age in the 1960s and have difficulty adjusting to newer values, and speak in Beattie's minimalist style.<ref name="brit"></ref> Beattie received the PEN/Malamud Award in 2000 and the Rea Award in 2005.<ref>http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ann-Beattie/1926455</ref> |