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'''Ellen Akins''' is an American novelist from [[South Bend, Indiana]]. She graduated from LaSalle High School in 1977, earning a BA in film production at the [[University of Southern California]] before working with [[Sydney Pollack]]. After losing interest in the film business, Akins enrolled in the creative writing program at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref name="htb">{{cite news|title=Hometown Brewed: South Bend native and author Ellen Akins has built a critical reputation book by book|last=Hughes|first=Andrew S.|date=August 27 1998|work=South Bend Tribune|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> In April 1993 she was awarded the Academy Award of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] for her fiction writing;<ref name=cst>{{cite news|title=Intense, Urgent Novel Skewers Politics|last=Gillespie|first=Mary|date=23 May 1993|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> she has also been given grants by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the [[Ingram Merrill Foundation]],<ref name="htb"/> and won the [[Whiting Writer's Award]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 Get Awards for Writers|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=27 October 1989|work=The New York Times|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref>
'''Ellen Akins''' is an American novelist from [[South Bend, Indiana]]. She graduated from LaSalle High School in 1977, earning a BA in film production at the [[University of Southern California]] before working with [[Sydney Pollack]]. After losing interest in the film business, Akins enrolled in the creative writing program at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref name="htb">{{cite news|title=Hometown Brewed: South Bend native and author Ellen Akins has built a critical reputation book by book|last=Hughes|first=Andrew S.|date=August 27, 1998|work=South Bend Tribune|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> In April 1993 she was awarded the Academy Award of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] for her fiction writing;<ref name=cst>{{cite news|title=Intense, Urgent Novel Skewers Politics|last=Gillespie|first=Mary|date=23 May 1993|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> she has also been given grants by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the [[Ingram Merrill Foundation]],<ref name="htb"/> and won the [[Whiting Writer's Award]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 Get Awards for Writers|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=27 October 1989|work=The New York Times|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref>


Akins is the author of five books; the novels ''Home Movie'', published in 1988 by [[Simon & Schuster]],<ref>{{cite news|title=California Dreams and Obsessions|last=Prose|first=Francine|date=20 November 1988|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> ''Little Woman'', published in 1990 by Harper & Row,<ref>{{cite news|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|title=Complicated characters mar `Little Woman'|last=Winders|first=Glenda|date=July 22 1990|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> ''Public Life'', published in 1993 by [[HarperCollins]],<ref name=cst/> and ''Hometown Brew'', published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998,<ref name="htb"/> and the short story collection "World Like a Knife", published in 1991 by The Johns Hopkins University Press. As well as writing, Akins has also taught at [[Western Michigan University]], [[Northland College (Wisconsin)|Northland College]],<ref name=cst/> and [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheqnet.net/~emakins/EllenAkins.html|title=Ellen Akins|publisher=Cheqtel Communications|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref>
Akins is the author of five books; the novels ''Home Movie'', published in 1988 by [[Simon & Schuster]],<ref>{{cite news|title=California Dreams and Obsessions|last=Prose|first=Francine|date=20 November 1988|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> ''Little Woman'', published in 1990 by Harper & Row,<ref>{{cite news|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|title=Complicated characters mar `Little Woman'|last=Winders|first=Glenda|date=July 22, 1990|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> ''Public Life'', published in 1993 by [[HarperCollins]],<ref name=cst/> and ''Hometown Brew'', published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998,<ref name="htb"/> and the short story collection "World Like a Knife", published in 1991 by The Johns Hopkins University Press. As well as writing, Akins has also taught at [[Western Michigan University]], [[Northland College (Wisconsin)|Northland College]],<ref name=cst/> and [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheqnet.net/~emakins/EllenAkins.html|title=Ellen Akins|publisher=Cheqtel Communications|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref>


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Revision as of 18:25, 6 May 2013

Ellen Akins is an American novelist from South Bend, Indiana. She graduated from LaSalle High School in 1977, earning a BA in film production at the University of Southern California before working with Sydney Pollack. After losing interest in the film business, Akins enrolled in the creative writing program at Johns Hopkins University.[1] In April 1993 she was awarded the Academy Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for her fiction writing;[2] she has also been given grants by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation,[1] and won the Whiting Writer's Award in 1989.[3]

Akins is the author of five books; the novels Home Movie, published in 1988 by Simon & Schuster,[4] Little Woman, published in 1990 by Harper & Row,[5] Public Life, published in 1993 by HarperCollins,[2] and Hometown Brew, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998,[1] and the short story collection "World Like a Knife", published in 1991 by The Johns Hopkins University Press. As well as writing, Akins has also taught at Western Michigan University, Northland College,[2] and Fairleigh Dickinson University.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hughes, Andrew S. (August 27, 1998). "Hometown Brewed: South Bend native and author Ellen Akins has built a critical reputation book by book". South Bend Tribune. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ a b c Gillespie, Mary (23 May 1993). "Intense, Urgent Novel Skewers Politics". Chicago Sun-Times. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ McDowell, Edwin (27 October 1989). "10 Get Awards for Writers". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ Prose, Francine (20 November 1988). "California Dreams and Obsessions". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ Winders, Glenda (July 22, 1990). "Complicated characters mar `Little Woman'". The San Diego Union-Tribune. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ "Ellen Akins". Cheqtel Communications. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

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