Mary Tabor

Mary L. Tabor (born March 3, 1946) is an American author of literary fiction, professor, radio show host, and columnist.[1]

Mary L. Tabor
Born (1946-03-03) March 3, 1946
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Period1987-present
GenreLiterary fiction
Website
www.maryltabor.com

Early life and education

Mary Tabor was born on March 3, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland[2] and graduated from Forest Park High School in 1962. She later attended University of Maryland and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English in 1966.[2] She later obtained MAT in English and education in 1967 from Oberlin College.[2] Tabor obtained her MFA in 1999 from Ohio State University.[2]

Working career

In 1980, Tabor was a manager, writer, and Editor-in-chief for the American Petroleum Institute. She was promoted to the director of public affairs of the API in 1989 and was in this position until 1996.

Tabor was a visiting professor of English at the University of Missouri during 2006-2007. She was an adjunct professor in English at George Washington University from 1999 through 2010. Since 2008, Tabor has been a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow.[1]

Writing career

Tabor's first memoir piece was published in The New York Jewish Week in 1987 and she published literary memoir and short fiction pieces regularly in literary magazines. She published her first book of fiction The Woman Who Never Cooked at the age of 60. In 2011, she published her memoir, (Re)Making Love and won the Watty award for Best of Interactive Storytelling in 2014.[3]

In 2013, Tabor published her first novel, Who By Fire, which won the Notable Indie award for best books of 2013 by online magazine Shelf Unbound.[4]

Mary L. Tabor is a member of the Authors Guild.

Personal

Since retiring from George Washington University, Tabor has been teaching select students across the world, one-on-one. She currently lives in Hyde Park, Chicago with her husband.

Bibliography

Short stories
  • Woman Who Never Cooked: Stories (2006)[5]

Memoir
  • (Re)MAKING LOVE: a sex after sixty story (2011)[6]

Novels
  • Who by Fire (2012)[1]

Awards
  • Winner 2004 Mid-List First Series Award for Short Fiction[7]
  • Grand Prize, Santa Fe Writers Project 2000 Literary Awards, August 2000[8]
  • Semi-finalist, Lewis-Clark Press Discovery and Expedition Awards, 2004.
  • Honorable Mention, Starcherone Books Fiction Prize, 2004-05.
  • One of six semi-finalists, John Simmons Iowa Short Fiction Award, 2003.
  • Finalist for the 2003 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, EWU Press, September 2003.
  • Finalist for the 2002, Mid-List Series Award for Short Fiction June 2003.
  • One of six semi-finalists for the 2002 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in short fiction.
  • One of six semi-finalists for the 2000 Iowa Short Fiction Contest.

References
  1. Sanders, Aubrey (Summer 2013). "Mary L. Tabor". All The Thunder Magazine. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  3. "The Best of Interactive Storytelling". Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  4. "Who by Fire wins Notable Indie Award by Shelf Unbound Magazine". 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  5. "The Woman Who Never Cooked". Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  6. Tabor, Mary L.; Persinger, Del (2011-02-17). "Trip to Paris saves this marriage". CNN. Time Inc. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  7. "Short Fiction". Mid-List Press. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  8. "Previous Contests (2000-2013)". Santa Fe Writers Project. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
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