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Hillary Jordan | |
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![]() Jordan at the 2011 Texas Book Festival | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Wellesley College (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
Notable awards | Bellwether Prize (2006) Alex Award (2009) |
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Hillary Jordan is an American novelist. She grew up in Dallas and Muskogee, Oklahoma and now lives in Brooklyn. She received a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University.[1] and has written two novels: Mudbound (2008) and When She Woke (2011), and a short story called "Aftermirth". She is currently working on a sequel to Mudbound.[2] She is a 2009 recipient of the Alex Awards.