Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott is the author of eight previous novels, all published by FSG, including Charming Billy , winner of the National Book Award, and That Night , At Weddings and Wakes , and After This , which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction . Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times , The Washington Post , The New Yorker , Harper's Magazine , and other publications. She...See more

Alice McDermott is the author of eight previous novels, all published by FSG, including Charming Billy , winner of the National Book Award, and That Night , At Weddings and Wakes , and After This , which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction . Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times , The Washington Post , The New Yorker , Harper's Magazine , and other publications. She lives outside Washington, D.C. See less