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I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.
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Birth: | 8th September, 1947 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Professor, Writer |
Ann Beattie is an American short story writer and novelist. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. Her work has been compared to that of Alice Adams, J.D. Salinger, John Cheever, and John Updike. She holds an undergraduate degree from American University and a master's degree from the University of Connecticut.
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