Beverly Lowry Explained

Beverly Lowry
Birth Name:Beverly Fey
Birth Date:10 August 1938
Birth Place:Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Education:University of Mississippi
Memphis State University (BA)
Parents:David Leonard Fey
Dora Smith

Beverly Lowry (born August 10, 1938) is an American educator, novelist and short story writer.[1] [2]

Biography

The daughter of David Leonard Fey and Dora Smith,[3] both natives of Arkansas, she was born Beverly Fey in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Greenville, Mississippi. She was educated at the University of Mississippi and Memphis State University, receiving a BA from the latter institution in 1960. In 1960, she married Glenn Lowry and moved to Manhattan.[4] In 1965, the family moved to Houston and she began writing. In 1976, Lowry began teaching fiction writing at the University of Houston.[1]

In 1977, she published her first novel Come Back, Lolly Ray. This was followed by Emma Blue in 1978. In 1981, she published Daddy's Girl, which won the Jesse Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters.[4] Her short story "So far from the Road, So Long until Morning" won the Texas Institute of Letters short story award in that year.[5]

In the 1990s, Lowry moved to Los Angeles. She taught at George Mason University.[1] She has served as president of the Texas Institute of Letters.[4]

Awards

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Guide to the Beverly Lowry Papers, 1950-1998 . Texas State University.
  2. Web site: Contemporary Southern Writers. 1999. January 30, 2016. Biography in Context. Gale.
  3. Web site: Lowry, Beverly 1938– . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924171359/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3483200086.html . dead . 2015-09-24 . Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series.
  4. Book: Champion, Laurie . Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers: An A-to-Z Guide . 210–215 . 2002 . 0313316279 . Austin, Rhonda. Bloomsbury Academic .
  5. Book: Grider, Sylvia Ann . Let's Hear It: Stories by Texas Women Writers . 214–216 . 2003 . 1585442933 . Rodenberger, Lou Halsell. Texas A&M University Press .