# Eileen Favorite

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{{Short description|American writer and teacher}}
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'''Eileen Favorite''' (born September 10, 1964, in [Chicago](/source/Chicago)) is an American writer and teacher living in Chicago, Illinois.  She received a B.A. in English with a French concentration from the [University of Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois), [Urbana](/source/Urbana%2C_Illinois).<ref name=UniversityIllinois>
{{cite web
|url= http://www.las.illinois.edu/alumni/magazine/classnotes/2009/
|title= University of Illinois
}}</ref>  In 1999, she received an MFA in writing from the School of the [Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago).<ref name=FavoriteSite>
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==Novel==
Favorite's first novel, ''The Heroines'', was published in 2007 by Scribner.<ref name=isbnlib>
{{cite web
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 |title=ISBN Library 
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 |archivedate=July 13, 2011 
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}}</ref>  It has been translated into Italian, [Korean](/source/Korean_language), Russian (in press), and [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language). ''The Rocky Mountain News'' called ''The Heroines'' one of the best debut novels of 2008, and the audio version was nominated for best audio recording of 2008 by ''[Booklist](/source/Booklist)''.<ref name=UofICreativeWriting>{{cite web
|url= http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/carr/
|title= University of Illinois Creative Writing
|access-date= December 15, 2010
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091001182817/http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/carr/
|archive-date= October 1, 2009
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>

==Other works==
Her poems and essays have also appeared in ''Poetry East, The Chicago Reader, Rhino, Midnight Mind'' and have aired on [Chicago Public Radio](/source/Chicago_Public_Radio) ([WBEZ](/source/WBEZ)).<ref>{{cite web |title=Midnight Mind Magazine |url=https://midnightmind.com/authors/eileen-favorite/}}</ref> She also has participated in guest interviews directly on WBEZ as well.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruiz |first1=Brenda |title=Cancel culture: Is there a better way to address misbehavior? |url=https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2021/11/12/is-there-a-better-way-to-address-misbehavior |website=WBEZ Chicago |publisher=WBEZ}}</ref>  She's received Illinois Arts Council Fellowships in both poetry and [prose](/source/prose).<ref name="FavoriteSite"/>

== Awards ==
Favorite won Illinois Arts Council Fellowships in 2001 (for prose) and 2005 (for poetry).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Favorite, Eileen 1964- {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/favorite-eileen-1964 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

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