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Jennifer Haigh


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Jennifer Haigh is a novelist and short story writer. Her first book, Mrs. Kimble, won the 2004 PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her second, Baker Towers, was a New York Times bestseller and won the 2006 PEN/L.L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author. Both have been published in nine languages. Other fiction has been published in Granta, Ploughshares, Five Points, Good Housekeeping and other places. Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, Jennifer Haigh is a graduate of Dickinson College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She now lives in the Boston area but doesn't get out much. She maintains a large, lively circle of imaginary friends.
 

Awards: PEN (2004)

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
April 2025

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Rabbit Moon
 
Series
Bakerton Stories
   Baker Towers (2005)
   News from Heaven (2013)
   Heat and Light (2016)
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Novels
   Mrs Kimble (2003)
   The Condition (2008)
   Faith (2011)
   Mercy Street (2022)
   Rabbit Moon (2025)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Beast and Bird (2012)
   The Boy Vanishes (2022)
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Series contributed to
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Books containing stories by Jennifer Haigh
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The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Tom Perrotta

Awards
2004 PEN/Hemingway Award : Mrs Kimble

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