Margaret Dilloway

Margaret Dilloway is a contemporary Japanese-American chick lit novelist, and author of How To Be An American Housewife and The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns.

Margaret Dilloway

Margaret Dilloway
Website http://www.margaretdilloway.com

Biography

Margaret Dilloway was born in San Diego, California to a Japanese mother and American father.[1] She grew up in San Diego and has lived in Washington, Hawaii, and San Diego, California as an adult. She attended Scripps College in Claremont, California completing her B.A. in 3.5 years and majored in Studio Art.[2]She has worked in various odd jobs, but now she is married to a former Army Ranger and they have three children.[3]

Career

How To Be An American Housewife was published by Putnam Books in 2010[4] and reprinted in paperback in 2011.[5] It received great reviews across the board, including four stars from People magazine.[6]

Her second novel, The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns, was published by Putnam in August 2012.[7] The book won the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association 2012 award for top Women's Fiction.[8]

Honors and Awards

John Gardner Fiction Award Finalist, 2011[9]

Indie NEXT List Pick, 2010[10]

Novels

Dilloway, Margaret (2010). How to Be an American Housewife. United States: Penguin Group. ISBN 978-0-399-15637-3. 
Dilloway, Margaret (2012). The Care and Handling of Roses With Thorns. United States: Putnam. ISBN 978-0399157752. 
Walton, Todd (2013). Spark: A Creative Anthology. United States: Empire & Great Jones Little Press. ISBN 978-0988807211.  Contributing author.

Essays

http://plussizemodelsunite.com/2010/07/28/margaret-dilloway-talks-about-the-pressure-to-be-thin-dieting-exercise-gaining-confidence-finding-your-passion/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-dilloway/the-japanese-untouchables_b_697585.html

http://www.blogher.com/my-mother-and-american-way-housekeeping

References

  1. ↑ Yamaguchi, Leslie. "How To Be An American Housewife". Discover Nikkei. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Penguin Speakers Bureau. "About The Author Margaret Dilloway". Penguin Group.
  3. ↑ "Margaret Dilloway". Huffington Post.
  4. ↑ "How To Be An American Housewife". Penguin Group.
  5. ↑ "How To Be An American Housewife - Paperback". Penguin Group.
  6. ↑ Green, Michelle. "Picks and Pans: Books". People Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns". Penguin Group.
  8. ↑ "BREAKING NEWS: RUSA’s 2013 Reading List Announced: Librarian’s top picks in adrenaline, mystery, romance, sci-fi, women’s fiction and other genres". American Library Association Reference and User Services Association. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "THE BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY JOHN GARDNER FICTION BOOK AWARD". Binghamton University. Binghamton Center for Writers. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "The August 2011 Indie Next List Preview". American Booksellers Association. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

See Also

List of Asian American Writers

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