Kitty Burns Florey
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Kitty Burns Florey | |
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| Born | Syracuse, NY |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, essayist, copy editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1979 - present |
| Notable works | Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences (2006), Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting (2009), The Writing Master (2011) |
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Kitty Burns Florey is the author of eleven novels and two nonfiction books, including Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences.[1] She is also the author of a genealogical memoir, The Quest for Inez: Two Ways to Find a Grandmother, a mix of fact and fiction. In addition to writing, she works as a freelance copy editor.
Biography[edit]
An only child born and raised in Syracuse, New York, Florey attended St. John the Baptist Academy from 1st to 12th grades; this parochial school experience would later inform some of her nonfiction writing. She has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Boston University as well as a master's degree from Syracuse University, also in English Literature. She has lived in Syracuse, Boston, New Haven, and Brooklyn.
Her most recent nonfiction book, Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting, is an exploration of the history of handwriting and a meditation on its modern function in the digital age. It was published by Melville House Publishing in January, 2009 and was issued as a paperback in September 2013. Her most recent work of fiction is Amity Street, a historical novel set in 1892 in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she now lives.
Bibliography[edit]
- Amity Street (2017) White River Press
- The Quest for Inez: Two Ways to Find a Grandmother (2015) Genealogy House
- The Writing Master (2011) White River Press
- Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting, (2009) Melville House Publishing
- The Sleep Specialist (2007) Raven's Eye Publishing
- Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog (2006) Melville House Publishing
- Solos (2004)
- Souvenir of Cold Springs (2001)
- Five Questions (2001)
- Vigil for a Stranger (1994)
- Duet (1998)
- Real Life, (1986)
- The Garden Path (1983)
- Chez Cordelia (1980)
- Family Matters (1979)
References[edit]
- ^ Simon, Scott. "Writer's Subject? Diagramming Sentences". NPR. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
External links[edit]
- Article for Slate Magazine. "The sentences of Sarah Palin, diagrammed" [1]
- Writer's Subject? Diagramming Sentences on NPR [2]
- Interview at Editrix [3]
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