Kathleen Finneran

Kathleen Finneran (born December 3, 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri), is an American author. She wrote the book-length family memoir The Tender Land (Houghton-Mifflin, 2000). Finneran received a Whiting Award in 2001 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003.[1]

She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis and was a guest professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she led workshops on memoir and personal essay.

On May 17, 2010, Kathleen Finneran awarded Christopher Bachmann and Tony Minnick from St. Louis University High School, an award for exemplary and outstanding literary work.[2]

References
  1. "Gotham Writers Workshop Teacher Biographies". Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  2. "St Louis University High School: Media Galleries | Publications | Student Work". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-10.


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