Carrie Brown
P.O. Box BB
Sweet Briar, Virginia 24595
434-381-6236
cbrown@sbc.edu
EDUCATION:
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, University of Virginia, 1998, Henry Hoyns Fellow
B.A. in English with Honors, Brown University, 1981
EMPLOYMENT:
Sweet Briar College
*Fall 2007– : Associate Professor of English, Margaret Banister Writer-in-Residence, teaching introductory creative writing workshops, special topics in creative writing seminars, and fiction workshops
* 2003–present: Visiting Associate Professor of English, teaching creative writing and literary non-fiction courses; faculty advisor and writing specialist with the Academic Resource Center, the college’s writing and study skills lab.
* 1998–2002: Visiting Assistant Professor of English, teaching creative writing workshops in fiction, poetry, and literary non-fiction.
University of Virginia
* 1997–1998: Graduate instructor in creative writing.
Patuxent Publishing Co.
* 1981–1993: Associate editor with thirteen-paper newspaper publishing chain in Maryland, circulation 250,000; winner of numerous state, regional, and national awards for reporting and editing.
BOOKS:
The Rope Walk. Novel. Pantheon Books, May 2007.
Confinement. Novel. Algonquin Books, March 2004.
Published in paperback by Berkley/Penguin Putnam.
The House on Belle Isle. Short stories. Algonquin Books, May 2002. Published in paperback by Berkley/Penguin Putnam.
The Hatbox Baby. Novel. Algonquin Books, October 2000.
Published in paperback by Berkley/ Penguin Putnam, May 2002.
Film option sold to independent producer.
Issued in large-print and audio editions.
Lamb in Love. Novel. Algonquin Books, April 1999.
Published in paperback by Bantam, April 2000.
Foreign rights sold to Germany, Australia/New Zealand, Israel, Japan.
Film option sold to independent producer.
Literary Guild and Book-of-the-Month Club selection.
Issued in large-print and audio editions.
Rose’s Garden. Novel. Algonquin Books, March 1998.
Published in paperback by Bantam, May 1999.
Foreign rights sold to Germany, Australia.
Film option sold to Viacom.
Issued in both large-print and audio editions.
AWARDS:
2005 Winner of the Library of Virginia Book Award for Confinement.
2003 Winner of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in fiction.
2002 Finalist for the Library of Virginia Book Award, The House on Belle Isle.
2001 Winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, The Hatbox Baby.
2001 Winner of the Virginia College Stores Association’s Book of the Year, The Hatbox Baby.
2001 Winner of the Library of Virginia Book Award, The Hatbox Baby.
2001 Winner of the Great Lakes Book Award, The Hatbox Baby.
1998 Winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, Rose’s Garden.
1997-98 Recipient of Individual Artist Fellowship in Fiction, Virginia Commission for the Arts.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
Essays:
* “Back Home to Hursley,” Victoria magazine, March 2001
* “The Conjurer’s Art: The Rules of Magical Realism and How to Break Them,” pp. 217-228, in Creating Fiction, ed. by Julie Checkoway, Story Press, 1999.
* “Fertile Ground: Between Memory and Imagination Lies a Potential Land of Plenty for Writers to Cultivate,” Chicago Tribune, November 1999.
* “Murdoch’s characters, words offer sheer enjoyment,” the Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va. August 2002.
* “Vienna, with Olivia: Why we Have Children,” Brain, Child, Winter 2004.
Excerpts:
An excerpt from Rose’s Garden was published by Meridian, a semi-annual journal published by The University of Virginia, 1998.
Short Stories:
* “Father Judge Run,” a short story, was published in connection with the exhibit “Some Southern Stories” curated by The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois, 1999. “Father Judge Run” was also published in the Oxford American, March/April 2001. It was selected for inclusion in New Stories from the South 2001 and was listed as one of the 100 Distinguished Stories in The Best American Short Stories of 2001.
* “Wings,” a short story, was published by the Georgia Review, Spring 2002. It is one of the works cited by the American Society of Magazine Editors in naming the Georgia Review a finalist in the fiction category for the 2002 National Magazine Award. In addition to the Georgia Review, the New Yorker and Book magazine were also named finalists in the fiction category.
* “Miniature Man,” a short story, was published by Blackbird, an online journal of literature and the arts, a joint venture by the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and New Virginia Review, Inc.
Interviews:
“Bringing Empathy to Fiction,” interview in Novel Voices: 17 Award-winning Novelists on How to Write, Edit, and Get Published; editors: Jennifer Levasseur and Kevin Rabelais; Writers Digest Books, 2003.
Reviews:
* “Adapting to the Light: A debut novel captures a dark time and place in 20th Century America,” book review of Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven, novel, by Karen Salyer McElmurray, Chicago Tribune, January 2000.
* “Haunting Tale: Rich detail and emotional nuance make Abby Frucht’s characters come to life,” book review of Polly’s Ghost, novel, by Abby Frucht, Chicago Tribune, February 2000.
* “Marked for Life,” book review of Tattoo Girl, novel, by Brooke Stevens, The Washington Post, March 2001
* “The Old Song and Dance,” book review of Niagara Falls All Over Again, novel, by Elizabeth McCracken, The Washington Post, August 2001.
* “Bringing Down the House,” book review of Spadework, novel, by Timothy Findley, The Washington Post, January 2002.
* “Cabinet of Wonders,” book review of The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, short stories, by Emma Donoghue, The Washington Post, May 2002
* “Shades of Meaning,” book review of Double Stitch, novel, by John Rolfe Gardiner. The Washington Post, December 2003.
* “Baby Love,” book review of Girls in Trouble, novel, by Caroline Leavitt, The Washington Post, January 2004.
* “Kaye Gibbons Focus is on Female Fortitude,” book review of Divining Women, novel, by Kaye Gibbons, Chicago Tribune, April 2004
* “Head Games,” book review, Hidden, novel, by Paul Jaskunas, The Washington Post, August 2004.
* “A Life in Pieces,” book review of novel, The Untelling, by Tayari Jones, The Washington Post, April 2005.
* “A Small Town in Summer,” book review of The Lake, The River, & The Other River, novel, by Steve Amick, The Washington Post, June 2005.
* “Out of Eden,” book review of A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards, novel, by Ann Bauer. The Washington Post, August 2005.
* “Hit and Run,” book review of One Mississippi, novel, by Mark Childress. The Washington Post, July 2006.
* “The Sufferings of Love,” book review of When Madeline Was Young, novel, by Jane Hamilton. The Washington Post, September 2006.
Condensations:
Lamb in Love appeared in condensed form in Good Housekeeping, October 1999
READINGS:
2005: Featured Author and Speaker, Virginia Library Association, Richmond, VA., Featured Author and Speaker, Henrico County Library Association, VA.
2004: Panelist, “Writers and Readers” at the American Library Association Convention in Orlando, FLA.,“Fall for the Book,” literary festival, George Mason University.
2002: The Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA), The North Carolina, Literary Festival, Sweet Briar College, the University of Virginia.
2001: The Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA), Sweet Briar College, The American Library Association (Washington D.C.), The Great Lakes Booksellers Association convention, The University of Rochester.
2000: Tennessee Williams Festival (New Orleans, LA), University of North Carolina/Greensboro, The University of Virginia, Hollins University.
1999: Sweet Briar College, The University of Virginia, The Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA), Southern Conference for the Book (Oxford, Mississippi), Los Angles Times Book Festival (Los Angeles, CA), American Association of University Women (Charlotte, N.C.), Wellesley College Club (Wellesley, MA), David Kidd’s Literary Lights (Nashville, TN), Cleveland Plain Dealer Book & Author Dinner (Cleveland, OH), The Virginia Governor’s School (Richmond, VA.)
1998: Sweet Briar College, The University of Virginia, BookExpo (Chicago, IL), The American Library Association (Washington, D.C.), The North Carolina Literary Festival, The Virginia Highlands Festival (Abbingdon, VA), The Virginia Governor’s School (Richmond, VA.)
1997: The Columbia Festival of the Arts (Columbia, MD.)
REVIEWS:
Reviews of my work have appeared in the following major newspapers and magazines:
New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Boston Globe, Roanoke Times, Virginian Pilot, Miami Herald, Detroit Free-Press, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, The Christian Science Monitor, Book Page, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Greenwich Time, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Dallas Morning News, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The San Francisco Chronicle, the Orlando Sentinel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dallas Morning News, The Charlotte Observer, Houston Chronicle, Book Magazine, Portland Observer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boston Herald, The Washington Times, Victoria Magazine, Gadfly, Foreword Magazine.
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