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Maile Meloy
Maile Meloy is the author of the story collection Half in Love and the novel Liars and Saints, which was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize. Meloy's stories have been published in The New Yorker, and she has received The Paris Review's Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, the PEN/Malamud Award, the... show more



Maile Meloy is the author of the story collection Half in Love and the novel Liars and Saints, which was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize. Meloy's stories have been published in The New Yorker, and she has received The Paris Review's Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, the PEN/Malamud Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in California.

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Birth date: January 01, 1972
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Heather's Book Blog
Heather's Book Blog rated it 7 years ago
This book had so many twists and turns that I couldn't stop reading it. This was my first book by this author and certainly not my last
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it 8 years ago
It was Liv’s idea, she always had good ideas, it would just be their two families over the Christmas holiday, taking the two-week cruise, relaxing and enjoying each other’s company. They soon met another family on the ship and it almost seemed too perfect, everyone enjoying the cruise line’s enterta...
Alaric Cabiling, Author
Alaric Cabiling, Author rated it 10 years ago
Maile Meloy might just be the most gifted short story teller in this postmodern era. There's a great deal of confidence in her narrative tone and the work is accessible for casual readers to love. There are stories done in the typical Chekov-inspired moral dillemma plot showcasing marital infidelity...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 10 years ago
hs This collection is not as good as the previous collection, though it does have slightly more international feel (several stories are translations). Despite the title, there is more than Greek mythology in play here as well. Perhaps because it is sadder, the term that Bernheimer us...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 11 years ago
ughhhh how could they leave Pip at the dock??
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