Carol Guess

Carol Guess

Photograph taken in 2006 by Elizabeth J. Colen
Born (1968-01-03) 3 January 1968
Bethesda, Maryland
Occupation Poet, novelist
Nationality American

Carol Guess (born January 3, 1968) is an American novelist and poet.[1] Her family moved frequently during her childhood. Her father, Harry Guess, was an epidemiologist. Her mother, Gerry Guess, is a homemaker and teacher. Guess attended Columbia University, majoring in English while studying ballet. She later earned graduate degrees in Creative Writing and English from Indiana University.[1] Currently Professor of English at Western Washington University,[2] she lives in Washington State. She is openly lesbian.[2] Her books Homeschooling, Femme's Dictionary, and Gaslight were nominated for Lambda Literary Awards. Switch was a finalist for the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award in 1999.[3] In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement by the Philolexian Society of Columbia University.

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 Bloch, Julia (1 December 2004), "Educated Guess", Curve, retrieved 19 January 2009
  2. 1 2 Mickelson, Jory M. (2008), "Carol Guess: The Write Stuff", The Western Front (newspaper), retrieved 22 January 2009
  3. "Stonewall Book Awards", American Library Association website, retrieved 22 January 2009

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