Alice Adams
Alice Adams was a San Francisco short story writer and novelist whose work in The New Yorker depicted the romantic and social lives of California women with wit and psychological acuity. The O. Henry Prize Stories regularly featured her work.
Works
- Careless LoveNovel examining relationships and emotional entanglement between characters
- Families and SurvivorsInterconnected stories of women across generations and their survival
- Listening to BillieNovel centered around Billie Holiday's music and its impact
- Rich RewardsStory about women seeking happiness and fulfilling lives
- Superior WomenNovel following the lives of accomplished educated women over time