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Janet Peery

Biography

Janet Peery

Janet Peery’s books include ALLIGATOR DANCE: Stories, WHAT THE THUNDER SAID: A Novella and Stories, and her first novel THE RIVER BEYOND THE WORLD, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has received numerous honors for her fiction including the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Whiting Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. She lives in Cape Charles, Virginia.

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Janet Peery

Books by Janet Peery