Author2Author with Joan Frank

Bill welcomes author Joan Frank to the show. Joan is the author of six books of fiction and a book of collected essays. ALL THE NEWS I NEED, her fourth novel, won the 2016 Juniper Prize for Fiction. Joan's last story collection, IN ENVY COUNTRY, won the Richard Sullivan Prize and the Gold ForeWord ReviewsBook of the Year Award, and her book of essays, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO: A WRITING LIFE, won the Silver ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award. A MacDowell Colony Fellow and recipient of many grants and honors, Joan also frequently reviews literary fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle.