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Vonnegut Applauds ... Vogelstein Foundation Agrees
Merry McInerney-Whiteford wins Vogelstein Grant
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January 1999 - "This person is a writer. This person has a lot to tell us.", wrote Kurt Vonnegut about emerging author Merry McInerney-Whiteford.
The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation this week expressed agreement by granting McInerney-Whiteford its maximum award in support of her third novel, If Wishes Were Horses.
McInerney-Whiteford's most recent novel, Dog People (ISBN: 0312856997), was published in June of this year by Forge Press. It is available on the Internet at www.Amazon.com (reviews, biography and excerpt), www.barnesandnoble.com, www.bordersbooks.com, and at local bookstores.
Critical reviews of Dog People echo Vonnegut's opinion:
"McInerney-Whiteford's second novel ... pulls at the heartstrings"
-- Publisher's Weekly, May 1998.
"Not a happy tale, but well told"
-- Kirkus reviews, June 1998.
"This is a touching, beautifully written story"
-- Booklist, May 1998.
McInerney-Whiteford is the recipient of numerous short story and fiction awards including:
H. E. Francis Short Story Award -- 1998 (sponsored by the Hindman Foundation and the University of Alabama)
First prize: 1996 Writers Workshop International (Short Fiction)
First place: 1996 PacificNorthwest Writers Conference.
Formerly of Ann Arbor, Michigan, McInerney-Whiteford and her husband now make their home in Norfolk, Virginia.
Neil Whiteford
757-494-2213
neilw@e-mail.com
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