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Frances Sherwood was born on 4 June, 1940 in Washington, D.C., U.S., is an American writer, novelist, and educator (born 1940). Discover Frances Sherwood's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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Novelist
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80 years old |
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Gemini |
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4 June, 1940 |
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4 June |
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Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Date of death |
27 April, 2021 |
| Died Place |
South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
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United States
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Frances Sherwood Height, Weight & Measurements
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Frances Sherwood Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Frances Sherwood worth at the age of 80 years old? Frances Sherwood’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. She is from United States. We have estimated Frances Sherwood's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Frances Sherwood (June 4, 1940 – April 27, 2021) was an American writer, novelist, and educator.
Sherwood published four novels and one book of short stories.
Born June 4, 1940, in Washington, DC, and raised in Monterey, California, Sherwood was the daughter of William and Barbara Sherwood.
Reynold Madoo is from Trinidad and was a student with her at Howard University in the early 1960s.
They were married for over 20 years.
Sherwood attended Howard University in the early 1960s on an Agnes and Eugene Meyer Scholarship before earning her B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1967.
She then pursued graduate study at New York University.
She earned an M.A. in creative writing at The Johns Hopkins University in 1975.
She continued the study of fiction writing at Stanford University after winning a Stegner Fellowship in 1976 (as Frances Madoo).
In 1986, Sherwood was hired as an assistant professor of English at Indiana University South Bend, where she taught creative writing and journalism.
Sherwood's first book-length publication was a short story collection, Everything You’ve Heard Is True (1989).
Sherwood had two stories included in O. Henry Award collections (1989, 1992) and one story in The Best American Short Stories (2000, selected by E. L. Doctorow).
Her 1992 novel, Vindication, was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
It has been translated into twelve languages.
She went on to publish four novels: Vindication (1992), Green (1995), The Book of Splendor (2002) and Night of Sorrows (2006).
She was promoted to professor of English in 1994.
Frances Sherwood said she considered herself a "new historical" novelist, a writer who displaces current political and psychological issues onto earlier times and exotic locales.
Sherwood died on April 27, 2021, in South Bend, Indiana.
She married photographer Fred Slaski in 1995.
Sherwood had three children from a previous marriage to Reynold Madoo.
Twenty-four of her short stories have been published in magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly ("Basil the Dog," September 1999), Zoetrope, and TriQuarterly.
"Basil the Dog" was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1999.
