Full name: Invisible Writer: A Biography of Joyce Carol Oates

Author: Greg Johnson Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780452279711 0452279712

Johnson reveals little-known facts about Oates's personal and family history and debunks many of the myths that have arisen about this brilliant, enigmatic woman. Johnson takes readers from Oates's impoverished childhood in upstate New York and the birth of her autistic sister through Oates's studies at Syracuse University, where her talent was immediately recognized, to the full breadth of her astonishingly productive career. His astute examination of Oates's novels, short stories, and plays demonstrates how her art has been informed by her life. Similar books: Mary Renault by David Sweetman Uncle Mame by Eric Myers Flannery by Brad Gooch May Sarton by Margot Peters Daphne du Maurier by Margaret Forster In Search of J.D. Salinger by Ian Hamilton Penelope Fitzgerald by Hermione Lee Albert Camus by Herbert R. Lottman Truman Capote by George Plimpton Saint-Exupery by Stacy Schiff Tove Jansson by Tuula Karjalainen Paul Newman by Shawn Levy Louisa May Alcott by Martha Saxton Cheever by Blake Bailey Nancy Reagan by Kitty Kelley The Duck Commander Family by Willie Robertson To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle by Michael J. Mooney The Women of Duck Commander by Kay Robertson A Lion's Tale by Chris Jericho