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Alice LaPlante | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Genre | Fiction,non-fiction |
| Subject | Crime, mystery |
| Notable works | Turn of Mind (2011) |
| Notable awards | Stegner Fellowship[1] Wellcome Book Prize (2011) |
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Alice LaPlante is an American writer of fiction and non-fiction.[2] She is a Jones Lecturer atStanford University and Professor of Creative writing atSan Francisco State University.[3] She won theWellcome Book Prize in 2011.
LaPlante grew up inChicago.[4] She attended Stanford University, where she earned a degree in English Literature.[citation needed]
LaPlante started writing as a journalist and later, an author. She wrote for several technology periodicals includingIBM,HP,Oracle,Microsoft, andSunsoft.[1] She taught creative writing at Stanford University andSan Francisco State University.[5]
LaPlante's debut novel,Turn of Mind (2011), received critical acclaim and won theWellcome Trust Book Prize in 2011.[6] Her writing style and narrative techniques were praised for authenticity and emotional depth.[7] She has also written short stories in literary journals such asEpoché andSouthwest Review..[citation needed] She wroteMethod and Madness: The Making of a Story, a non-fiction book on the craft of writing.[8]
In 2014 LaPlante published her novel,A Circle of Wives.[9] In 2018, she publishedHalf Moon Bay.[10]
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