Deirdre McNamer author biography, plus links to books by Deirdre McNamer.

Deirdre McNamer

Deirdre McNamer is the author of the acclaimed novels Rima in the Weeds, One Sweet Quarrel, and My Russian. She has won praise for the intelligence, beauty, precision, and sweep of her fiction. Red Rover is her first novel in seven years.

McNamer teaches in the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) program at the University of Montana, Missoula, and chaired the fiction panel that judged the 2011 National Book Awards

This biography was last updated on 08/02/2007.

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