Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938 in Lockport, New York) is an American writer of novels, stories, plays, poetry, and non-fiction, known for being one of the most prolific of authors of literary merit.

Short stories

Many feel Oates' most famous work is her short story entitled Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been?, which was the basis for a movie, Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern. It tells the tale of a young woman whose desire to "grow up" has her falling under the spell of a man whose intentions are decidedly unclear. It has been reprinted in numerous collections and is dedicated to singer Bob Dylan, as Oates was listening to Dylan's song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" when she got the inspiration for the story. It is loosely based on the serial killer Charles Schmid.http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/schmid/oates_9.html

Related Topics:
Laura Dern - Bob Dylan - Charles Schmid

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The following is a partial list of her more than 700 short stories:

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• The Secret Mirror (1975)
• Fatal Woman (1977)
• Further Confessions (1977)
• The Murder (1977)
• Night-Side (1977)
• Bellefleur (excerpt) (1980)
• The Bingo Master (1980)
• The Doll (1980)
• The Virgin in the Rose-Bower (1984)
• Desire (1987)
• Haunted (1987)
• The Others (1987)
• The White Cat (1987)
• Blue-Bearded Lover (1988)
• Secret Observations on the Goat Girl (1988)
• White Trash (1988)
• Did You Ever Slip on Red Blood? (1989)
• Family (1989)
• Pregnant (1989)
• Ladies and Gentlemen (1990)
• Why Don't You Come Live With Me It's Time (1990)
• The Guilty Party (1991)
• Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly (1992)
• Don't You Trust Me? (1992)
• Will You Always Love me? (1996)
• Life After High School (1996)