Joyce Carol Oates
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OATES, JOYCE CAROL, born 1938

Joyce Carol Oates

American author.

Books
18
Editions tracked
27
First editions
16
Nationality
United States

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Earliest first editionThemVanguard Press, 1969 Most editions trackedBeasts2 editions
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  1. 1969ThemVanguard Press
  2. 1980BellefleurDutton
  3. 1986MaryaDutton
  4. 1987You Must Remember ThisDutton
  5. 1992Black WaterMacmillan
  6. 1992Oxford Book of American Short StoriesOxford University Press
  7. 1993FoxfireMacmillan London
  8. 1994HauntedDutton
  9. 1995ZombieDutton
  10. 1996We Were the MulvaneysPlume
  11. 1996American Gothic TalesPlume
  12. 2000BlondeFourth Estate
  13. 2000The Best American Essays of the CenturyHoughton Mifflin
  14. 2002Big Mouth & Ugly GirlHarperTempest
  15. 2003RapeCarroll & Graf
  16. 2004The FallsFourth Estate
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Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938.

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