Pamela Y. Duncan (born September 24, 1961) is an American novelist. Her novels include Moon Women (2001), Plant Life (2003), and The Big Beautiful (2007). Her awards include the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize in 2003, and in 2000 she was chosen as one of the Ten Best Emerging Writers in the South. She won an American Library Association award in 2007. Her work often focuses on the lives of working class Southerners. She was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and raised in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and Shelby, North Carolina. She has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and master's degree from North Carolina State University. Duncan currently teaches creative writing at Western Carolina University. Reviews Moon Women "... a mesmerizing tale of family and love, revelation and forgiveness." "... delightfully captures the lives of four North Carolina women and their relationships with each other." References 1961 births Living people Writers from Asheville, North Carolina 21st-century American novelists People from Shelby, North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni American women novelists 21st-century American women writers