1974: A Personal History - Francine Prose

Prose, Francine: - Francine Prose is the author of twenty-two works of fiction including the highly acclaimed The Vixen; Mister Monkey ; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 ; A Changed Man , which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel , which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer , which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.