John Updike

John Updike (born March 18 1932) is an American novelist and short story writer born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He lived in nearby Shillington until he was 13. Updike's most famous works are his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit At Rest, and Rabbit, Remembered). Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class", Updike is well known for his careful craftsmanship and prolific writing, having published 21 novels and more than a dozen short story collections as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. His works often explore sex, faith, death, and their interrelationship.

Works

• The Carpentered Hen, 1958
• The Poorhouse Fair, 1959
• The Same Door, 1959
• Rabbit Run, 1960
• Pigeon Feathers, 1962
• The Centaur, 1963
• Telephone Poles, 1963
• Of The Farm, 1965
• The Music School, 1966
• The Angels, 1968
• Couples, 1968
• Midpoint, 1969
• Rabbit Redux, 1971
• Museums And Women, 1972
• Buchanan Dying, 1974
• Picked-Up Pieces, 1975
• A Month Of Sundays, 1975
• Marry Me, 1977
• The Coup, 1978
• Problems, 1979
• Too Far To Go, 1979
• Rabbit Is Rich, 1981
• Bech Is Back, 1982
• The Beloved, 1982
• Hugging The Shore, 1983
• The Witches Of Eastwick, 1984
• Jester's Dozen, 1984
• Soft Spring Night In Shillington, 1986
• Roger's Version, 1986
• Trust Me, 1987
• Out On The Marsh, 1988
• S., 1988
• ', 1989
• Rabbit At Rest, 1990
• Odd Jobs, 1991
• Memories of the Ford Administration, 1992
• Brazil, 1994
• The Afterlife, 1994
• In the Beauty of the Lilies, 1996
• Golf Dreams, 1996
• Deadly Sins, 1996
• Toward The End Of Time, 1997
• Bech at Bay, 1998
• More Matter, 1999
• Gertrude and Claudius, 2000
• Licks of Love, 2001
• Seek My Face, 2002
• Villages, 2004