Английская Википедия:Dorothea Benton Frank
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Dorothea Olivia Benton Frank (September 12, 1951 – September 2, 2019) was a best-selling American novelist.[1] Her novels, including Porch Lights and By Invitation Only, are set in South Carolina.[2][3]
Biography
Dorothea Benton Frank was born and grew up on Sullivan's Island in South Carolina.[4][5] She attended Bishop England High School in Charleston, and then General William Moultrie High School, from where she graduated in 1969. She went on to become a graduate of the Fashion Institute of America in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1972.[4] She died in Manhattan of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome on September 2, 2019, at the age of 67.[6][7]
Frank's writing career started because she wanted to buy the family house on Sullivan's Island after her mother died in 1993. Her husband did not want to buy it, so she said she would write a book and use the proceeds to buy the house. She didn't manage to buy the family home, but did buy another home on Sullivan's Island with money she earned from writing.
“I went to my husband and said, ‘I want to buy Momma’s house and keep it in the family.’ Peter said, ‘How much is it?’ I said $180,000. I only needed $149,000 and he said no. I asked him why and he said, ‘If you think I'm going to spend the rest of my life sitting on a front porch listening to all your relatives tell the same stories over and over till they fall off the porch, I'm not going to do it.’ ” Ms. Frank was livid. “I said: ‘O.K. Well, I’ve got news for you, Bubba. I’m going to write a book and I’m going to sell a million copies and I’m going to buy Momma’s house back. And you can’t come in.’ He said, ‘Let’s see you do it.’ ”[8]
Works
Lowcountry Tales series
- Sullivan's Island: A Low Country Tale, Jove Berkley Publishing Group, 1999, Шаблон:ISBN
- Plantation, Jove Books, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN
- Isle of Palms: A Lowcountry Tale, Thorndike Press, 2003, Шаблон:ISBN
- Shem Creek: A Lowcountry Tale, Berkley Hardcover, 2004, Шаблон:ISBN
- Pawleys Island: A Lowcountry Tale, Berkley Books, 2005, Шаблон:ISBN
- Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales), William Morrow, 2009, Шаблон:ISBN
- Lowcountry Summer, William Morrow, 2010, Шаблон:ISBN
- Folly Beach: A Lowcountry Tale, William Morrow, 2011 Шаблон:ISBN
- The Hurricane Sisters, William Morrow, 2014, Шаблон:ISBN
- Same Beach, Next Year, William Morrow, 2017, Шаблон:ISBN
Novels
- Full of Grace, William Morrow, 2006, Шаблон:ISBN
- The Land of Mango Sunsets, William Morrow, 2007, Шаблон:ISBN
- Bulls Island, William Morrow, 2008, Шаблон:ISBN
- The Christmas Pearl, William Morrow, 2008, Шаблон:ISBN
- Porch Lights, William Morrow, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
- The Last Original Wife, William Morrow, 2013, Шаблон:ISBN
- All the Single Ladies, William Morrow, 2015, Шаблон:ISBN
- All Summer Long, William Morrow, 2016, Шаблон:ISBN
- By Invitation Only, William Morrow, 2018, Шаблон:ISBN
- Queen Bee, William Morrow, 2019, Шаблон:ISBN
References
External links
- Official website
- Lynn Hamilton, "Dorothea Benton Frank: Frankly speaking" (interview), BookPage, April 2007.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Collins, Vicki, "Frank, Dorothea Benton", South Carolina Encyclopedia (University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies), August 10, 2016, updated October 4, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Dorothea Benton Frank" at HarperCollins Publishers.
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