Joyce Carol Oates's 2020 Concert History

Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is a U.S. author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novel them (1969) won the National Book Award, and her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000) were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. With a reputation for prolificity, Oates has been one of the leading U.S. novelists since the 1960s.