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Andrea Barrett

Andrea Barrett is the author of the National Book Award–winning Ship Fever, Voyage of the Narwhal, Servants of the Map, Natural History, and other works of fiction. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an NEA Fellowship, and the Rea Award for the Short Story, and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in the Adirondacks.

Andrea Barrett

Andrea Barrett is the author of the National Book Award–winning Ship Fever, Voyage of the Narwhal, Servants of the Map, Natural History, and other works of fiction. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an NEA Fellowship, and the Rea Award for the Short Story, and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in the Adirondacks.

Awards

Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2014

Winner — National Book Award, 1996

Shortlisted — Story Prize, 2022

Longlisted — Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, 2023

Books by Andrea Barrett

  • Archangel: Fiction

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 2014

    "[Andrea Barrett's] work stands out for its sheer intelligence…The overall effect is quietly dazzling."—New York Times Book Review
  • Archangel: Fiction

    Andrea Barrett

    Hardback, 2013

    "[Andrea Barrett's] work stands out for its sheer intelligence…The overall effect is quietly dazzling."—New York Times Book Review
  • The Air We Breathe: A Novel

    Andrea Barrett

    Hardback, 2007

    The exquisite, much-anticipated new novel by the author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.
  • Ship Fever: Stories

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 1999

    1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.
  • The Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 1999

    "A luminous work of historical fiction that explores the far reaches of the Arctic and of men's souls." —Denver Post
  • The Story Behind the Story: 26 Stories by Contemporary Writers and How They Work

    Andrea Barrett, Peter Turchi

    Paperback, 2004

    In a splendid display of show-and-tell, 26 writers tell a story and lift the curtain to reveal how they did it.
  • The Air We Breathe: A Novel

    Andrea Barrett

    E Book, 2008

    "An evocative panorama of America…on the cusp of enormous change" (Newsday) by the National Book Award-winning author of Ship Fever.
  • Servants of the Map: Stories

    Andrea Barrett

    E Book, 2003

    "Luminous....Each [story] is rich and independent and beautiful and should draw Barrett many new admirers."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
  • Archangel: Fiction

    Andrea Barrett

    E Book, 2013

    "[Andrea Barrett's] work stands out for its sheer intelligence…The overall effect is quietly dazzling."—New York Times Book Review
  • The Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel

    Andrea Barrett

    E Book

    "A luminous work of historical fiction that explores the far reaches of the Arctic and of men's souls." —Denver Post