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Tayari Jones

(1970) Writer United States

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Tayari Jones is a writer from the United States, best known for Push.

Quick Facts About Tayari Jones

Born
November 30, 1970
Nationality
United States
Profession
Writer
Notable works
Push

About Tayari Jones

Tayari Jones is an American author and academic known for An American Marriage, which was a 2018 Oprah's Book Club Selection and won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, the University of Iowa, and Arizona State University. She is currently a member of the English faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University and recently returned to her hometown of Atlanta after a decade in New York City. Jones was Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-large at Cornell University before becoming Charles Howard Candler Professor of Creative Writing at Emory University.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Women's Prize for Fiction Guggenheim Fellowship Lillian Smith Book Award

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