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About Joyce Carol Oates
American writer
Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer. Since her first book appeared in 1963, she has published 58 novels, along with plays, novellas, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her work has received wide recognition. Her novel Them won the National Book Award in 1969, and Black Water, What I Lived For, Blonde, and the short story collection Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories were all finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has also received two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2019.
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Books by Joyce Carol Oates
My Sister, My Love
2008
Blonde
2000
I'll Take You There
2003
The Falls
2005
Zombie
1996