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A Perfect Stranger by Roxana Robinson

A Perfect Stranger

And other stories

by Roxana Robinson
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  • Apr 1, 2005, 256 pages
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  • Mar 2006, 256 pages
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Roxana Robinson is the author of two novels, Sweetwater and This Is My Daughter; a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe; and two previous short-story collections, A Glimpse of Scarlet and Asking for Love. Most, if not all, of her works have been named Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony. Her fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Harper's, Daedalus, and Vogue. She lives in New York City and Westchester County, New York.

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