Sandra Novack

{{Short description|American novelist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox writer  | name = Sandra Novack | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}} | birth_place = Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. | occupation = Writer | genre = Literary fiction | education = Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA) | signature = | website = {{URL|sandranovack.com}} }} '''Sandra Novack''' (born 1972) is an American writer of a novel and short stories. Her debut novel, ''Precious,'' was a ''Booklist'' Top 10 First Novels of 2009.<ref>[http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=3801710 Booklist top 10 first novels of 2009] Book List Online</ref>

==Early life and education== Novack was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1972, to Joanne Novack, a court systems operator at Lehigh County Courthouse, and Joseph Novack, a millwright at Bethlehem Steel.

She earned an MA in literature from the University of Cincinnati in 1999.<ref name=":0" /> In 2003, she received her Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont.<ref name=":0">Siegel, S. [https://www.mcall.com/2009/03/15/valley-native-returns-to-roots-for-novel/ Valley native returns to roots for novel] ''The Morning Call'', March 15, 2009</ref>

==Career== Novack's short stories have been published in ''The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, ''Gulf Coast'', Descant'', and ''Chattahoochee Review''.

Stephen King named Novack's story "Memphis" a "Distinguished Story" in ''The Best American Short Stories'', published in 2007.<ref>Kinchen, D. [http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/090315-kinchen-columnsbookreview.html Debut novel 'Precious' explores complex issues of marriage, children, friends and neighbors]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''The Huntington News'', March 15, 2009</ref> She has been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize, and her nonfiction work "Hunk" was nominated as a runner-up for the 2006 Iowa Review Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iowareview.uiowa.edu/archived/mainpages/awards.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721185029/http://iowareview.uiowa.edu/archived/mainpages/awards.html|url-status=dead|title=2006 Iowa Review Award announcements|archive-date=21 July 2010}}</ref> and she is a recipient of the 2010-2011 Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://isherwoodfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=26|title=The Christopher Isherwood Foundation|access-date=January 10, 2011|archive-date=December 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226111819/http://isherwoodfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=26|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 2011 Illinois Arts Council grant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arts.illinois.gov/news/fy11-individual-artist-support-initiative-recipients|title=FY11 Individual Artist Support Initiative Recipients | Illinois Arts Council Agency}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Her short story collection, ''Everyone But You'', was published by Random House in 2011.<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400066810 Catalog] randomhouse.com {{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref> Her work has been translated into Dutch.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120225065730/http://www.boekerij.nl/result-titel.asp?ISBN=9789022552223 Novack, S. 2009. De Terugkeer (Trans. J. Dekker), Boekerij]</ref>

==Personal life== Novack lives in Oak Park, Illinois.<ref name="auto"/>

==Works== ===Novels=== *''Precious'' (2009)

===Short stories=== *''Everyone But You'' (2011)

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== *[http://www.sandranovack.com Official website] *[http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=89726 Random House profile] *[http://www.curledup.com/intnovack.htm Curled Up With a Good Book interview], 2009

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