Suzanne Matson
Suzanne Marie Matson (born 1959) is an American fiction writer, poet and professor at Boston College.
Suzanne Matson
- Name
- Suzanne Matson
- Born
- 1959
- Birthplace
- Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- Education
- University of Washington (MA, Ph.D) Portland State University (BA)
- Occupation
- novelist · poet · writer
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Suzanne Marie Matson (born 1959) is an American fiction writer, poet and professor at Boston College.
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Key facts
• Name — Suzanne Matson • Born — 1959 • Birthplace — Portland, Oregon, U.S. • Education — University of Washington (MA, Ph.D) Portland State University (BA) • Thesis Title — Present tenses in American poetry • Thesis Url — https: www.worldcat.org/oclc/17212609 • Thesis Year — 1987 • Website — suzannematson.com
Education and career
Education and career
Matson has a B.A. from Portland State University, and an M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. (1987) from the University of Washington. As of 2022, she is a professor at Boston College.
Work
Work
Matson is known for writing short fiction, novels and poetry. Her novels include The Hunger Moon, A Trick of Nature, The Tree-Sitter, and Ultraviolet. Her books of poetry have been reviewed by the Harvard Book Review.
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Honors and awards
In 2012 Matson received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.
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