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Rose Ellen Currie
Currie in 1987
DiedJanuary 3, 2012(2012-01-03) (aged 81–82)
Pennington, New Jersey
Occupationwriter

Rose Ellen Currie (1930 – January 3, 2012) was a writer and advertising executive known for her first novel, Available Light.[1][2]

Currie was born in Long Island, New York. Her father was an electrician and her mother was Scottish.[3] As a young woman she corresponded with J. D. Salinger who told her that her stories "reek of talent."[3][4]

Currie graduated from Adelphi University.[5] She worked as a copywriter and later vice president for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. While doing graduate work at Columbia University, she wrote several short stories, primarily humorous, about Irish Americans, which were published in The New Yorker and selected for two O. Henry collections.[1][6][7] The first novel she wrote was left in a taxicab and never recovered.[3]

Her first published novel, Available Light, was a magical realist look at a romance gone bad in contemporary New York which came out in 1986.[8] The New York Times said that it "takes risks and its sound is original," while the Chicago Tribune called it "wildly funny, weirdly accomplished and compulsively quotable."[6][9] She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987.[10] Her second published work, a collection of "wonderful short stories" according to the New York Times, was Moses Supposes. It came out in 1994 and was a National Book Award finalist.[6][11][12] Both books were republished by Mariner Books in 2006.

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  1. ^ a b Gertler, T. (1986-03-02). "RAMBEAU -- NOT RIMBAUD OR RAMBO". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. ^ "Rose CURRIE Obituary (2012) - Pennington, NJ - "The Times, Trenton,"". Legacy.com (in Latin). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. ^ a b c "J. D. Salinger, 3 Great Items with Writing Content, One - Jun 24, 2020 - University Archives in CT". LiveAuctioneers. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  4. ^ "Salinger, Fleming, Hemingway, and More at University Archives' Dec. 4 Online Auction". Fine Books & Collections. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Ellen Currie" (PDF). Arts New Jersey. Winter 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Malone, Michael (1994-06-12). "Love at the End of Its Tether". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  7. ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". randomhouse.com. 1999-12-24. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  8. ^ Wolitzer, Meg (February 16, 1986). "Good Dreams, and Bad Poetry". Newsday (Nassau Edition). Hempstead, NY. p. 383. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. ^ Coates, Joseph (June 1, 1986). "Three Comedies Mine Modern Veins for Laughs". Chicago Tribune. p. 321. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  10. ^ "RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK AREA AMONG GUGGENHEIM FELLOWS". The New York Times. 1987-04-12. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  11. ^ Gillis, Mary (July 10, 1994). "Misery Loves Company and a Good Laugh Too". Detroit Free Press. p. 60. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Study of Death Wins A National Book Award". The New York Times. 1994-11-17. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
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