Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938. Their most popular book is We Were the Mulvaneys with 100 saves and an average rating of 3.35.

Author Bio

Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is also the recipient of the 2005 Prix Femina for The Falls. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and she has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.

Her pseudonyms include Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

4 primary books

Authored 100% of series

The Gothic Saga

The Gothic Saga is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by Joyce Carol Oates.

Series

3 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Wonderland Quartet

Wonderland Quartet is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1967 with contributions by Joyce Carol Oates.

#1
A Garden of Earthly Delights
#3
Them
#4
Wonderland

Series

10 primary books20 released books

Authored 5% of series

Saga of the Skolian Empire

Saga of the Skolian Empire is a 20-book series with 20 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Catherine Asaro, James Patrick Kelly, and Harry Turtledove.

#1
Primary Inversion
#2
Catch the Lightning
#3
The Last Hawk
#5
Ascendant Sun
#6
Quantam Rose

Series

6 primary books

Authored 17% of series

Fairy Tale Anthologies

Fairy Tale Anthologies is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by Ellen Datlow, John Crowley, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman.

#1
Snow White, Blood Red
#2
Black Thorn, White Rose
#3
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
#4
Black Swan, White Raven
#5
Silver Birch, Blood Moon

Series

5 released books

Authored 20% of series

Dark Corners (Amazon Original Stories)

Dark Corners (Amazon Original Stories) is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Lisa Unger, Joyce Carol Oates, and Brandi Reeds.

Series

35 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is a 35-book series with 35 released primary works first released in 1983 with contributions by McSweeney's Publishing, Lawrence Weschler, and Sean Wilsey.

#1
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Issue 1, Autumn 1998: "Gegenshein", or "The Ski Instructor"
#2
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Issue 2, Winter-Spring 1999: "Timothy McSweeney's Blues/Jazz Odyssey", or "Pollyanna's Bootless Errand"
#3
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Issue 3, Summer-Fall 1999: "Timothy McSweeney's Windfall Republic"
#4
McSweeney's Issue 4
#5
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Issue 5, Summer 2000

Series

2 primary books

Authored 0% of series

The Granta Book of the American Short Story

The Granta Book of the American Short Story is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by Richard Ford.

#1
The Granta Book of the American Short Story
#2
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story

Series

3 primary books

Authored 0% of series

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1989 with contributions by Laini Taylor, Kim Newman, and Thomas Wharton.

#3
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection
#5
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection

Series

2 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Cat Cafe

Cat Cafe is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Melissa Daley.

Series

2 primary books

Authored 0% of series

The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories

The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2009 .

#2008
Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime Mystery Stories of the Year
#2009
By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year

Series

22 primary books

Authored 0% of series

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is a 22-book series with 22 released primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by Stephen Jones, Robert R. McCammon, and Brian Lumley.

#1
Best New Horror 1
#3
New Terrors Omnibus: A Bumper Collection of 37 Terrifying Tales
#4
Horror il meglio
#5
Best New Horror 5
#6
Best New Horror 6

Series

2 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Rachel Murdock Mystery

Rachel Murdock Mystery is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1939 with contributions by Dolores Hitchens.

#1
The Cat Saw Murder: A Rachel Murdock Mystery
#3
Cat's Claw

Series

8 primary books1 released book

Authored 0% of series

L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories

L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories is a 1-book series first released in 2010 with contributions by Lawrence Block, Joe R. Lansdale, and Carol Oates.

#4
Black Dahlia & White Rose

Series

6 primary books7 released books

Authored 0% of series

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Suzy McKee Charnas, Kelley Armstrong, and Holly Black.

Series

7 released books

Authored 0% of series

The Best American Short Stories

The Best American Short Stories is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Alice Munro, Lawrence Osborne, and Julie Otsuka.

The Best American Short Stories 2007
The Best American Short Stories 2011
The Best American Short Stories 2012
100 Years Of The Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories 2015

Series

2 primary books

Authored 0% of series

New Fairy Tales

New Fairy Tales is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Kate Bernheimer.

#1
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
#2
xo Orpheus

Series

13 primary books19 released books

Authored 0% of series

Sookie Stackhouse

Sookie Stackhouse is a 19-book series with 15 released primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner.

#1
Dead until Dark
#2
Living Dead in Dallas
#3
Club Dead
#4
Dead to the World
#4.3
Dancers in the Dark