Merrill Joan Gerber

Merrill Joan Gerber (born March 15, 1938) is an American writer. She is an O. Henry Award winner.
Biography.
Gerber was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 15, 1938. She received a Bachelors in English from the University of Florida in 1959, and a 
Masters in English from Brandeis University. 
She has published thirty books, and is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. She has published stories in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Mademoiselle, Redbook, The Sewanee Review, Salmagundi, The Southwest Review, and many other journals. In 1986 Gerber won an O. Henry Prize. In 1993, she won the Ribalow Award from "Hadassah Magazine" for her novel, The Kingdom of Brooklyn. She currently teaches fiction writing at the California Institute of Technology.
Books.
Novels:
She also wrote nine young adult novels
Short Stories:
Memoirs:
Beauty and the Breast: A Tale of Breast Cancer, Love and Friendship
Non Fiction: