![]() Jane Alison's most recent book, "Nine Island," is an autobiographical novel forthcoming from Catapult in Sept. She has taught writing and literature at Columbia, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, and for writers groups in Geneva, Switzerland. She has also written several biographies for children and co-edited with Harold Bloom a critical series on women writers. Her short fiction and critical writing have recently appeared in Seed Five Points Postscript: Essays on Film and the Humanities and The Germanic Review. ![]() Her novel, "Natives and Exotics," appeared in 2005 and was one of that summer’s recommended readings by Alan Cheuse of National Public Radio. It was followed by "The Marriage of the Sea," a New York Times Notable Book of 2003. Her first novel, "The Love-Artist," was published in 2001 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and has been translated into seven languages. She also worked as a freelance editor and illustrator before attending Columbia University to study creative writing. Before writing fiction, she worked as an administrator for the National Endowment for the Humanities, as a production artist for the Washington City Paper, as an editor for the Miami New Times, and as a proposal and speechwriter for Tulane University. She attended public schools in Washington, D.C., and earned a B.A. It was followed by "The Marriage of the S Jane Alison was born in Canberra, Australia, and grew up in the Australian and U.S. ![]() Jane Alison was born in Canberra, Australia, and grew up in the Australian and U.S.
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