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Hannah Tinti

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Hannah Tinti
Born1973 (age 50–51)
United States
OccupationWriter, editor
Alma materConnecticut College (BA)
New York University (MA)
Notable worksThe Good Thief
Notable awards
Website
hannahtinti.com

Hannah Tinti (born 1973)[1] is an American writer and the co-founder of One Story magazine. She received the PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing in 2009 for One Story,[2] as well as the Alex Awards.

Personal life

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Tinti was born in 1973.[1] She graduated from Connecticut College in 1994 and has a master's degree from New York University.[3]

Career

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Her first novel, The Good Thief, published in 2008, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year,[4] and received the American Library Association's Alex Award[5] and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.[6] She also published a short story collection, Animal Crackers, which was among the runners-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award.[7] Her novel The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley was published in 2017.[8] It was named a best book of 2017 by National Public Radio and the Washington Post.[9][10]

Works

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  • Animal Crackers, Review, 2005. ISBN 9780755307456, OCLC 938603988
  • The Good Thief , 2008. ISBN 9781423385318, OCLC 972710275
  • The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, 2017. ISBN 9780812989885

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tinti, Hanna". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  2. ^ "PEN American Center Announces 2009 Literary Award Recipients". PEN America Center. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  3. ^ Angele-Huehn, Sophia (2017-05-02). "Tinti Was Here, at Conn". The College Voice. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  4. ^ "New York Times Notable Books of 2008".
  5. ^ "2009 Alex Award". American Library Association. 2009. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  6. ^ "Previous Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Winners". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  7. ^ Tong, Vinnee (2008-08-31). "Suspense drives 'The Good Thief'". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. The Associated Press. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  8. ^ "Fiction Review: The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley". Publishers Weekly.
  9. ^ "NPR's Book Concierge Our Guide To 2017's Great Reads". National Public Radio. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  10. ^ "50 notable works of fiction in 2017". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
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