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:Susan Vreeland

{{Short description|American author}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|01|20}}

| birth_place = Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|08|23|1946|01|20}}

| death_place = San Diego, California, U.S.

| occupation = Author

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = San Diego State University

| spouse = {{marriage|Joseph Gray|1988|2017}}

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Susan Joyce Vreeland (January 20, 1946 – August 23, 2017) was an American author. Several of her books deal with the relationship between art and fiction. The Passion of Artemisia is a fictionalized investigation of some aspects of the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, while Girl in Hyacinth Blue centers round an imaginary painting by Vermeer. The Forest Lover is a fictionalized account of the life of the Canadian painter Emily Carr.

Early life

Vreeland was born in Racine, Wisconsin to William Alex Vreeland and Esther Alberta, née Jancovius. Her mother was from an artistic family and had studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. The family moved to California in 1948. Vreeland took a BA in English and library science at San Diego State University in 1969, an MA in education in 1972, and an MA in English in 1978.

Works

The works of Susan Vreeland include:

  • What Love Sees: a biographical novel. New York: PaperJacks, 1988. {{ISBN|9780770108847}}.
  • What English Teachers Want: A Survival Guide. Unionville, NY: Royal Fireworks Press, 1995. {{ISBN|9780880922241}}.
  • Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Denver: MacMurray & Beck, 1999. {{ISBN|9781878448903}}.
  • The Passion of Artemisia. New York: Viking, 2002. {{ISBN|9780670894499}}.
  • The Forest Lover. New York: Viking, 2004. {{ISBN|9780670032679}}.
  • Life Studies. New York: Viking, 2005. {{ISBN|9780670031771}}.
  • Luncheon of the Boating Party. New York: Viking, 2007. {{ISBN|9780143113522}}.
  • Clara and Mr. Tiffany. New York: Random House, 2011. {{ISBN|9781400068166}}.
  • Lisette's List. New York: Random House, 2014. {{ISBN|9781410471291}}.

References

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Celestine Bohlen (February 18, 2002). [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/theater/elusive-heroine-baroque-artist-colored-distortion-legend-notorious-trial.html Elusive Heroine Of the Baroque; Artist Colored by Distortion, Legend and a Notorious Trial]. The New York Times. Accessed February 2015.

Dawn Goldsmith (2002). [http://www.crescentblues.com/5_3issue/int_vreeland.shtml Writer Interview: "Susan Vreeland: Living in the Spirit of Art"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321195824/http://www.crescentblues.com/5_3issue/int_vreeland.shtml |date=March 21, 2012 }}. Crescent Blues. Accessed February 2015.

John J. Salesses (Summer 2007). [https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-192639897/religious-assimilation-in-early-american-fiction Religious Assimilation in Early American Fiction]. Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table. Accessed February 2015. {{subscription required}}

Michael D. Sharp (2006). [https://www.questia.com/read/117839531/popular-contemporary-writers Popular contemporary writers], volume 10. New York: Marshall Cavendish Reference. {{ISBN|9780761476115}}. {{nowrap|p. 1376.}} {{subscription required}}

[http://www.worldcat.org Worldcat] Accessed September 2011.

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Category:1946 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:20th-century American novelists

Category:20th-century American women writers

Category:21st-century American novelists

Category:21st-century American women writers

Category:American fiction writers

Category:American women novelists

Category:San Diego State University alumni

Category:Writers from Racine, Wisconsin

Category:Writers from San Diego

Category:Novelists from Wisconsin

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