Nancy Rawles
Introduction '''Nancy Rawles''' is an American playwright, novelist, and teacher. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Awards.
Life Rawles grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism. Rawles studied play writing in Chicago with Linda Walsh Jenkins and Steven Carter. She later studied with C. Bernard Jackson of the Los Angeles (Inner City) Cultural Center and Valerie Curtis Newton of The Hansberry Project. She is a contributor to the Female Sexual Ethics Project at Brandeis University under the direction of Bernadette Brooten, Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies.
Awards *2009 – Seattle Reads ''My Jim''*2007 – Artist Trust Fellowship in Fiction*2006 – American Library Association Alex Award*2006 – Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award in Fiction*2000 – Astraea Foundation, Claire of the Moon Award for Fiction*1998 – American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation*1998 – Washington State Governor's Writers Award
Works ===Novels===* * * ===Criticism===*
References
External links * "Nancy Rawles Revisits a Twain Character for 'My Jim'", ''NPR'', Alan Cheuse, February 22, 2005 ***** "The Importance of Place: Lisa Albers talks with prominent local authors about their writing", ''Seattle Woman''