An online poll conducted by the National Book Foundation named Flannery O'Connor's collection, The Complete Stories, the best work of fiction to receive the National Book Award in the contest's 60-year history. Read more at The New York Times.
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was the author of two novels and thirty-two short stories. A native of Milledgeville, Georgia, O'Connor earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgia State College for Women (now known as Georgia College and State University) and was accepted by the Iowa Writer's Workshop. A devout Roman Catholic, her writing often wrestled with issues of morality and ethics.
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