Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist, short story writer, and
journalist. Her works of fiction include The Dark Path to the River
and No Marble Angels. She has also published fiction and essays in
books and anthologies, including Short Stories of the Civil Rights
Movement; Remembering Arthur Miller; Electric Grace; Snakes: An
Anthology of Serpent Tales; Beyond Literacy; Women For All Seasons;
Fiction and Poetry by Texas Women; The Bicentennial Collection of
Texas Short Stories; What You Can Do.
As a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor early in her
career, Joanne won awards for her nonfiction and has published
hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines. She has taught
writing at New York University, City University of New York,
Occidental College, and the University of California at Los Angeles
extension. She holds a Master of Arts degree from both Brown
University and Johns Hopkins University, and graduated cum laude
from Principia College.
Joanne is a Vice President of PEN International and the former
International Secretary of PEN International and former Chair of
PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee. She currently
serves on the boards of PEN American Center, the PEN/Faulkner
Foundation, Poets and Writers, the International Center for
Journalists, the International Crisis Group, and Refugees
International. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of
Johns Hopkins University, trustee emeritus of Brown University, and
director emeritus of Human Rights Watch. She has served on the
Board of Trustees of Save the Children and on Save the Children’s
Advisory Board on Global Education.
A member of the Advisory Board of the United States Institute of
Peace, Joanne was an adviser on the PBS documentary A Force
More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict. She is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations, PEN American Center, PEN USA,
English PEN, and the Authors Guild.
Joanne is married and has two sons.
“Her dialogue is sharp and accurate, drawing the reader close to
the conflicts that produce full-bodied characters deserving of the
rich emotional impact they evoke . . . the writer’s
strengths—honesty, compassion and the ability to present such
memorable scenes.” —Jill McCorkle, The New York Times Book
Review
“A valuable philosophical or political acquisition as well as a
literary one . . . should be sought out and read.”
—Carolyn See, Los Angeles Times
“The stories remind me of both I. B. Singer and Flannery
O’Conner . . . A fine collection here, a cool view
of the universe we inhabit. . . . Compelling.” —John
A. Williams, The Man Who Cried I Am
“Readers casually picking up . . . No Marble Angels
might think they have stumbled into Anne Tyler’s
world . . . gems of clean, direct narrative.”
—Baltimore Sun
“With wonderfully wry humor, Leedom-Ackerman depicts the kind of
good will that ends up causing trouble for
others . . . a refined sense of craft is evident in
all the stories.” —Library Journal
“The author uncovers the vitality that imparts a glow to the most
humdrum of lives … written with honesty and care and some, indeed,
with passion.” —Publishers Weekly
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