Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates is an American author, poet and playwright. She published her first book in 1963 and has since published 58 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.

• Known ForWriting
• Born16 June 1938 (age 87)
• Place of BirthLockport, Niagara County, New York, USA