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Sharon Solwitz

Sharon Solwitz
Sharon Solwitz is the author of a novel, Bloody Mary, and a collection of short stories, Blood and Milk, which won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award from Friends of the Chicago Public Library and the prize for adult fiction from the Society of Midland Authors, and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Solwitz teaches fiction writing at Purdue University and lives in Chicago with her husband, the poet Barry Silesky.


Why Write a Novel About Teenage Suicide?

Sharon Solwitz on Confronting a Troubling Increase
July 21, 2017  By Sharon Solwitz
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