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When people say they are happy for you it may mean they are sad for themselves.
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Birth: | 2nd February, 1945 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist |
A native of Charleston, South Carolina, which is also the setting of her novels Dreams of Sleep, Rich in Love and The Fireman's Fair, Humphreys was educated at Ashley Hall, studied creative writing with Reynolds Price at Duke University, and went on to attend Yale University and the University of Texas. She held fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the Danforth Foundation. From 1970 to 1977, before beginning her writing career, she taught English in Charleston.
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