Pamela Erens
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Pamela Erens

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Reader's Digest calls Pamela Erens one of "23 Contemporary Writers You Should Have Read by Now." Erens is the author of three novels for adults--ELEVEN HOURS, THE VIRGINS, and THE UNDERSTORY--one novel for children, and a book of nonfiction. ELEVEN HOURS (Tin House Books) is about the intersection of two women, nurse and patient--both with complicated pasts--over the course of a day leading up to childbirth. The novel was named to the year-end "Best of 2016" lists of NPR, The New Yorker, Kirkus, and Literary Hub. It received acclaim from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and NPR, and other venues. Erens's second novel, THE VIRGINS (Tin House Books) was described by John Irving in The New York Times as "flawlessly executed and irrefutably true." THE VIRGINS was a New York Times and a Chicago Tribune Editor's Choice, and was named a Best Book of 2013 by The New Yorker, Library Journal, Salon, and The New Republic. The novel was a finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Prize for the best work of fiction published in 2013. Erens's debut novel, THE UNDERSTORY (Ironweed Press) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. The original 2007 edition was reissued by Tin House Books in 2014. MATASHA, Erens's novel for children, was published by IgKids in 2021. Aimed at ages 9 through 14, MATASHA takes place against the backdrop of the end of the war in Vietnam. It's about the bridge from childhood to adolescence, family breakup, intellectual curiosity, and figuring out who can help when no one around you seems able to. MIDDLEMARCH AND THE IMPERFECT LIFE, Erens's most recent book (2022), is part of Ig Publishing's nonfiction BOOKMARKED series and explores the formative influence of George Eliot's masterpiece on Erens's personal and artistic life. Erens's short fiction and essays have appeared in a wide variety of literary, cultural, and mainstream publications, including The New York Times, Slate, Vogue, Elle, Virginia Quarterly Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Millions and Tin House, and in the anthologies WHY I LIKE THIS STORY, VISITING HOURS, and THE HOUSE THAT MADE ME. For many years, Erens worked as a magazine editor, including at Glamour. Her website is www.pamelaerens.com.
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