Paula McLain

Paula McLain studied at University of Michigan. The recorded working language is American English and English. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are romance. Places of work recorded in the authority are Cleveland. Works named in the authority record are The Paris Wife. Distinctions recorded are National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

• Name — Paula McLain • Born — 1965 • Birthplace — Fresno, California, U.S. • Education — University of Michigan (MFA) • Occupation — Novelist • Genre — Literary fiction • Notable Works — The Paris Wife • Website — http: www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/features/paula_mclain/

McLain was born in 1965 in Fresno, California. Her mother vanished when she was four, and her father was in and out of jail, leaving McLain and her sisters (one older, one younger) moving in and out of various foster homes for the next fourteen years, an ordeal described "with a dispassionate grace that puts a human face, actually three human faces, on the alarming statistics" in her memoir, Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses When she aged out of the system, she supported herself by working in various jobs before discovering she could write. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan and has been a resident of Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony as well as the recipient of fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her family.

• A Ticket to Ride (2008) • The Paris Wife (2011) • Circling the Sun (2015) (L'aviatrice en français) • Love and Ruin (2018) • When the Stars Go Dark (2021) • Skylark (2026)

• Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses (2003)

• Less of Her (1999, New Issues Poetry Press) • Stumble, Gorgeous, (2005, New Issues Poetry Press)

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