American · b. 1947
Francine Prose writes novels, criticism, and guides to craft with equal facility. Her 2000 novel "Blue Angel" satirized academic politics and sexual harassment with such precision it was shortlisted for the National Book Award. "Reading Like a Writer," her 2006 guide to craft, became a standard text for aspiring writers. The American author has published more than twenty novels while maintaining a parallel career as a cultural critic, bringing the same close attention to contemporary fiction that she applies to her own prose.