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Joyce Carol Oates

Born

in Lockport, New York, The United States

June 16, 1938

Website

http://celestialtimepiece.com

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Criticism

Influences

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Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is also the recipient of the 2005 Prix Femina for The Falls. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and she has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. Pseudonyms ... Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly.
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Joyce Carol Oates’s books

Average rating: 3.66 · 461,584 ratings · 47,751 reviews · 827 distinct works • Similar authors

	We Were the Mulvaneys 3.75 avg rating — 102,181 ratings — published 1996 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blonde 3.94 avg rating — 15,803 ratings — published 2000 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Falls 3.60 avg rating — 11,170 ratings — published 2004 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gravedigger's Daughter 3.57 avg rating — 10,856 ratings — published 2007 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zombie 3.33 avg rating — 11,630 ratings — published 1995 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 4.15 avg rating — 8,676 ratings — published 1966 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Water 3.54 avg rating — 8,753 ratings — published 1992 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang 3.78 avg rating — 7,927 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Rat 3.73 avg rating — 6,184 ratings — published 2019 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rape: A Love Story 3.63 avg rating — 5,919 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kristin Hannah

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9 votes 12.0%

Joyce Carol Oates

8 votes 10.7%

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5 votes 6.7%

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5 votes 6.7%

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5 votes 6.7%

Elizabeth Peters

4 votes 5.3%

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David Mitchell

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Jack Ketchum

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1 vote 1.3%

John Irving

1 vote 1.3%

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