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'''Laura Anne Kalpakian''' (born June 28, 1945) is an American author. She has also published under the [[pen name]]s '''Juliet Fitzgerald'''<ref name="pilcer1990">Pilcer, Sonia (December 2, 1990). Fiction. (review of Belle Haven). ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> and '''Carenna Jane Greye'''. She is known for her work in the [[memoir]] genre.
'''Laura Anne Kalpakian''' (born June 28, 1945) <ref>https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4g5020tn/</ref>is an American author. She has also published under the [[pen name]]s '''Juliet Fitzgerald'''<ref name="pilcer1990">Pilcer, Sonia (December 2, 1990). Fiction. (review of Belle Haven). ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> and '''Carenna Jane Greye'''. She is known for her work in the [[memoir]] genre.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Kalpakian was born in [[Long Beach, California]] and grew up in southern California. She earned her undergraduate degree from [[University of California, Riverside]] in 1967. After starting her career as a [[social worker]], she earned a master's degree from the [[University of Delaware]] in 1970. She earned a Ph.D. in literature from the [[University of California, San Diego]] in 1977.
Kalpakian was born in [[Long Beach, California]], the daughter of Peggy (Kalpakian), a secretary, and William Johnson, a technical representative.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zS7h-620LaUC&q=%22daughter+of+William+J.+(a+technical+representative)+and+Peggy+K.+(a+secretary)+Johnson%22 |title = Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Works. Ed. Frances Carol Locher|isbn = 9780810300460|last1 = Locher|first1 = Frances Carol|last2 = Evory|first2 = Ann|year = 1979| publisher=Gale Research International, Limited }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/9708032-i-d-like-to-thank|title="I'd like to thank….."|first=Laura|last=Kalpakian|website=Goodreads}}</ref> She grew up in southern California. She earned her undergraduate degree from [[University of California, Riverside]] in 1967. After starting her career as a [[social worker]], she earned a master's degree from the [[University of Delaware]] in 1970. She earned a Ph.D. in literature from the [[University of California, San Diego]] in 1977.


She has received funding from the [[National Endowment of the Arts]] and has won a [[Pushcart Prize]], the [[Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award]], and the first [[Anahid Literary Award]] for an American writer of [[Armenians|Armenian]] descent.<ref name="polk1990">Polk, James (November 11, 1990). [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/11/books/in-short-fiction-342590.html In short: Fiction.] ''[[New York Times]]''</ref><ref name="spokesman1999">Staff report (September 19, 1999). Booksellers trade show comes to Spokane. ''[[Spokane Spokesman-Review]]''</ref>
She has received funding from the [[National Endowment of the Arts]] and has won a [[Pushcart Prize]], the [[Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award]], and the first Anahid Literary Award for an American writer of [[Armenians|Armenian]] descent.<ref name="polk1990">Polk, James (November 11, 1990). [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/11/books/in-short-fiction-342590.html In short: Fiction.] ''[[New York Times]]''</ref><ref name="spokesman1999">Staff report (September 19, 1999). Booksellers trade show comes to Spokane. ''[[Spokane Spokesman-Review]]''</ref>

Kalpakian's 1992 novel ''Graced Land'' was adapted into the [[TV movie]] ''[[The Woman Who Loved Elvis]]'', directed by [[Bill Bixby]] and starring [[Roseanne Barr]] and [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Margo |title=San Bernadino's Elvis shrine will shake up TV tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-the-woman/155217863/ |access-date=14 September 2024 |work=The San Bernadino County Sun |date=18 April 1993}}</ref>


Her sons are composer [[Bear McCreary]] and singer/musician Brendan McCreary.
Her sons are composer [[Bear McCreary]] and singer/musician Brendan McCreary.
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==Selected works==
==Selected works==
;As Laura Kalpakian
;As Laura Kalpakian
*''The Great Pretenders'' (Penguin Group, 2019), {{ISBN|9781101990186}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/531351/the-great-pretenders-by-laura-kalpakian/|title=The Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian: 9781101990186 &#124; PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com}}</ref>
*''American Cookery'' (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007)
*''American Cookery'' (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007)
*''The Memoir Club'' (St. Martin's Griffin, 2005)
*''The Memoir Club'' (St. Martin's Griffin, 2005)
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*[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4g5020tn Laura A. Kalpakian Papers, ca. 1980-] via [[Online Archive of California]]
*[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4g5020tn Laura A. Kalpakian Papers, ca. 1980-] via [[Online Archive of California]]
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*{{imdb name|0436195}}

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Latest revision as of 13:38, 2 December 2024

Laura Anne Kalpakian (born June 28, 1945) [1]is an American author. She has also published under the pen names Juliet Fitzgerald[2] and Carenna Jane Greye. She is known for her work in the memoir genre.

Life and career

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Kalpakian was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Peggy (Kalpakian), a secretary, and William Johnson, a technical representative.[3][4] She grew up in southern California. She earned her undergraduate degree from University of California, Riverside in 1967. After starting her career as a social worker, she earned a master's degree from the University of Delaware in 1970. She earned a Ph.D. in literature from the University of California, San Diego in 1977.

She has received funding from the National Endowment of the Arts and has won a Pushcart Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and the first Anahid Literary Award for an American writer of Armenian descent.[5][6]

Kalpakian's 1992 novel Graced Land was adapted into the TV movie The Woman Who Loved Elvis, directed by Bill Bixby and starring Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold.[7]

Her sons are composer Bear McCreary and singer/musician Brendan McCreary.

Selected works

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As Laura Kalpakian
  • The Great Pretenders (Penguin Group, 2019), ISBN 9781101990186 [8]
  • American Cookery (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007)
  • The Memoir Club (St. Martin's Griffin, 2005)
  • Educating Waverly (William Morrow, 2002)
  • The Delinquent Virgin (Graywolf Press, 1999)
  • Steps and Exes: a novel of family (Bard, 1999)
  • Caveat (John F. Blair, 1998)
  • Cosette: the sequel to Les Misérables (HarperCollins, 1995)
  • Graced Land (Grove Weidenfeld, 1992)
  • Dark Continent and Other Stories (Viking, 1989)
  • Crescendo (Random House, 1987)
  • The Swallow Inheritance (Headline, 1987)
  • Fair Augusto and Other Stories (Graywolf Press, 1986)
  • These Latter Days (Times Books, 1985)
  • Beggars and Choosers (Little, Brown, 1978)
As Juliet Jackson
  • Belle Haven (Viking, 1990)
As Carenna Jane Greye
  • Tiger Hill (Piatkus Books, 1985)

References

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  1. ^ https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4g5020tn/
  2. ^ Pilcer, Sonia (December 2, 1990). Fiction. (review of Belle Haven). Los Angeles Times
  3. ^ Locher, Frances Carol; Evory, Ann (1979). Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Works. Ed. Frances Carol Locher. Gale Research International, Limited. ISBN 9780810300460.
  4. ^ Kalpakian, Laura. ""I'd like to thank….."". Goodreads.
  5. ^ Polk, James (November 11, 1990). In short: Fiction. New York Times
  6. ^ Staff report (September 19, 1999). Booksellers trade show comes to Spokane. Spokane Spokesman-Review
  7. ^ Wilson, Margo (18 April 1993). "San Bernadino's Elvis shrine will shake up TV tonight". The San Bernadino County Sun. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  8. ^ "The Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian: 9781101990186 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
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