Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates (1938- ) is a 20th century American novelist known for being nearly as prolific as contemporary novelist Stephen King.
She teaches in the English department at Princeton University.
Oates has written several books, mostly mystery novels, under the pen name Rosamond Smith.
Novels
- A Garden of Earthly Delights (1967)
- Expensive People (1968)
- them (1969)
- With Shuddering Fall (1964)
- Wonderland (1971)
- Do with Me What You Will (1973)
- Miracle Play (1974)
- The Assassins: A Book of Hours (1975)
- The Childwold (1976)
- The Triumph of the Spider Monkey (1976)
- Son of the Morning (1978)
- Cybele (1979)
- Unholy Loves (1979)
- Bellefleur (1980)
- Angel of Light (1981)
- A Bloodsmoor Romance (1982)
- Luxury of Sin (1983)
- Mysteries of Winterthurn (1984)
- Solstice (1984)
- Marya: A Life (1986)
- Raven's Wing (1986)
- You Must Remember This (1987)
- American Appetites (1989)
- Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (1990)
- I Lock My Door Upon Myself (1990)
- Black Water (1992)
- Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (1993; the basis for the 1996 film Foxfire)
- What I Lived For (1994)
- Zombie (1995)
- First Love (1996)
- Laura Dern. It tells the tale of a young woman whose desire to "grow up" has her falling under the spell of a man whose intentions are decidedly unclear. It has been reprinted in numerous collections and is mysteriously dedicated to singer Bob Dylan.
The following is a partial list of her short stories:
- The Secret Mirror (1975)
- Fatal Woman (1977)
- Further Confessions (1977)
- The Murder (1977)
- Night-Side (1977)
- Bellefleur (excerpt) (1980)
- The Bingo Master (1980)
- The Doll (1980)
- The Virgin in the Rose-Bower (1984)
- Desire (1987)
- Haunted (1987)
- The Others (1987)
- The White Cat (1987)
- Blue-Bearded Lover (1988)
- Secret Observations on the Goat Girl (1988)
- White Trash (1988)
- Did You Ever Slip on Red Blood? (1989)
- Family (1989)
- Pregnant (1989)
- Ladies and Gentlemen (1990)
- Why Don't You Come Live With Me It's Time [from Tikkun] (1990)
- The Guilty Party (1991)
- Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly (1992)
- Don't You Trust Me? (1992)
