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Blair Hurley

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Blair Hurley
OccupationNovelist
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
New York University (MFA)
Period2009-present
Website
blairhurley.com

Blair Hurley is an American novelist who lives near Toronto, Ontario. She was awarded a Pushcart Prize in 2018 for her short story The Home for Buddhist Widows,[1] published in West Branch.

In 2018, Hurley published the novel The Devoted. In the New York Times Book Review, critic Sharma Shields called the work an "intimate, fluid debut," and "as tender and fervent as a prayer".[2] Vogue called The Devoted "an assured and promising debut",[3] and Eliana Dockterman at Time Magazine called the work "terrifying but insightful".[4]

Novels

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  • The Devoted. W. W. Norton. 2018. ISBN 978-0393651591.
  • Minor Prophets. Ig Publishing. 2023. ISBN 978-1632461490.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Bill, ed. (2018). The Pushcart Prize XLII: Best of the Small Presses. Pushcart Press. ISBN 978-1888889857.
  2. ^ Shields, Sharma (2018-09-07). "Sex, Love and Religious Fervor Abound in Two New Novels". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. ^ Schama, Chloe; Read, Bridget (2018-05-30). "13 Books to Thrill, Entertain, and Sustain You This Summer". Vogue. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  4. ^ Dockterman, Eliana (2018-08-27). "False Prophets Come Under Fire in Two Timely Summer Novels". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  5. ^ MINOR PROPHETS | Kirkus Reviews.
  6. ^ "Minor Prophets by Blair Hurley". www.publishersweekly.com.