Pamela Ditchoff
| Pamela Ditchoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pamela Jane Reed September 21, 1950 East Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Lansing Community College (AA, 1979) Michigan State University (BA, 1982; MA, 1985) |
| 💼 Occupation | Writer |
Pamela Jane Ditchoff (born September 21, 1950) is an American novelist.
Life and work
Pamela Jane Reed was born on September 21, 1950, in East Lansing, Michigan, to Beatrice Watson (Porter) and Ronald Ernest Reed.[1][2] She attended Fairview School and later East Lansing High School[3] before graduating from Lansing Community College (associate's degree, 1979) and Michigan State University (BA, 1982; MA, 1985).[1]
In the mid-1980s, her early fiction and poetry was published in various literary magazines.[4]
Ditchoff's first novel, The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies (Coffee House Press, 1995) is a semi-fictional oral history of dwarves, giants, conjoined twins, and bearded women.[5][6] The book was reviewed on NPR's All Things Considered.[7] Giving the novel one out of four stars, Rebecca E. Roberts wrote for Detroit Free Press that Mirror "ultimately amounts to snippets of history, thinly coated with imagined dialogue and fiddled events".[8] It was considered "well researched and well written" when reviewed by ALA Booklist as a debut novel.[3]
Ditchoff's second novel Seven Days & Seven Sins (2003)[3] was published by Shaye Areheart.[9] Set in Lansing, the novel is composed of chapters that each function as standalone short stories.[10]
Ditchoff's third novel, Mrs. Beast (Stay Thirsty Press, 2009),[11] is about the lives of the Grimm's Fairy Tales princesses after marriage. Ditchoff's sequel to Mrs. Beast entitled Princess Beast was published by Stay Thirsty Press in September 2010. Ditchoff's fifth novel, Phoebe's Way (ECW Press, 2014), is the story of a Saint John Ambulance therapy dog.[citation needed]
Ditchoff recorded an oral history interview for Michigan State's Michigan Writers Series.[12]
Works
Novels
- The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies, 1995
- Seven Days & Seven Sins, 2003
- Mrs. Beast, 2009
- Princess Beast, 2010
- Phoebe's Way, 2014
Non-fiction
- Poetry: One, Two, Three, 1989
- Lexigram Learns America’s Capitals, 1992
Awards
- Michigan Addy Award for Excellence as producer/director of Artpeace, 1984.
- John Ciardi Scholar, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1991.
- Winner, Chicago Review Award in Fiction, 1991.
- Walter Dakin Fellow, Sewanee Writers' Conference, 1998.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edgar, Kathleen J., ed. (1996). "Ditchoff, Pamela J.". Contemporary Authors. new revision series. 150. Gale. pp. 112–114. ISBN 0-8103-9349-2. OCLC 35020137. Search this book on
- ↑ Johnson, Curt, ed. (1992). Who's Who in Writers, Editors & Poets: United States & Canada, 1992–1993 (4th ed.). Highland Park, Illinois: December Press. p. 131. ISBN 0913204250. ISSN 1049-8621. OCLC 1151785823. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Tales from the 'hood". Lansing State Journal. July 18, 2003. p. 26.
- ↑ Stud, South Florida Poetry Review 4, Spring 1986; Interim, Amelia 12, 1988; Calamity Crossing, Thema, Winter 1988/89; Solution Sestina, Amelia 14, 1989 - Winner of Bernice Jennings Traditional Poetry Award; Second Sight, Negative Capability, Vol. X, #1, 1990; Address, Slipstream #10, 1990; Bath Mirror, Amelia 17, 1990; Floribunda, West #7, 1992; Concert in the Bread Loaf Barn in Whose Woods These Are, ed. David Bain, Ecco Press, 1993; Fourteen in I Am Becoming the Woman I Always Wanted, Papier-Mache Press, 1994; Lakeside Park Concert, Gargoyle #48, 2005
- ↑ Guy, David (1996-03-10). "Books in Brief: Fiction & Poetry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 217269064. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ↑ Dery, Mark (April 1, 1998). "Freak Chic: The literature of medical oddities goes mainstream". The Village Voice. ProQuest 232226386.
- ↑ "RealAudio: NPR's All Things Considered". npr.org. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
- ↑ Roberts, Rebecca E. (January 3, 1996). "Fact and imagination mix, but leave only a muddle". Detroit Free Press – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Sampson, Hannah (July 27, 2003). "Sin on the street where you live". Miami Herald – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Haley, Thomas (July 20, 2003). "Stories reveal private drama". Star Tribune – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Nawotka, Edward (June 29, 2009). "Stay Thirsty Lures Veteran Writers". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2021-12-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Novelist Pamela Ditchoff". Michigan State University Libraries. October 8, 1999. Retrieved December 6, 2021. Unknown parameter
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