'Susan Minot' /'maɪ.nət/ (b.
7 December 1956) is an
American prize-winning
novelist and
short story author.
Born in
Manchester, Massachusetts, Minot graduated from the
Columbia University School of the Arts in 1983. She is the author of the novel, ''Monkeys'' (1986), which won the
Prix Femina in 1988. She has also won the
O. Henry Prize and the
Pushcart Prize for her writing.
Minot's other books include:
★ ''Monkeys'' (1986)
★ ''Lust and Other Stories'' (1989)
★ ''Folly'' (1992)
★ ''
Stealing Beauty'' (1996), a screenplay adaptation of Bernardo Bertolucci's story
★ ''Evening'' (1999)
★ ''Rapture'' (2002)
External links
★
1992 audio interview with Susan Minot by
Don Swaim