Lucy Honig (May 7, 1948 - September 18, 2017) was an American short story writer.

Life

She graduated from Syracuse University and from Hunter College with a master's in education. She taught in the Boston University School of Public Health .

Lucy Honig

Her work appeared in AGNI, DoubleTake, Gargoyle, The Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares

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Awards

1998 Drue Heinz Literature Prize

1992, 1996 O. Henry Award for short fiction

L.L. Winship PEN New England award finalist

Works

Short stories

(reprint 2002)

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Novels

Anthologies

Best American Short Stories 1988,

References

External links

"THE TRULY NEEDY: And Other Stories.", The New York Times, GARDNER McFALL, February 6, 2000

1948 births

Living people

American short story writers

Syracuse University alumni

Hunter College alumni

Boston University School of Public Health faculty