Courtney Angela Brkic

Courtney Angela Brkic is the author of The First Rule of Swimming (Little, Brown, and Company, 2013), Stillness: and Other Stories (FSG, 2003) andThe Stone Fields (FSG, 2004). Her work has also appeared in ZoetropeThe New York TimesThe Washington Post MagazineHarpers & Queen, theUtne ReaderTriQuarterly ReviewThe Alaska Review and National Geographic, among others. Brkic has been the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Whiting Writer’s Award. Stillness was named a Barnes and Noble Discover pick, a 2003 Chicago Tribune "Best Book" and a 2003 New York Times "Notable Book". The Stone Fields was shortlisted for a Freedom of Expression Award by the Index on Censorship. She lives outside of Washington, DC, with her husband and son, and teaches in the MFA program at George Mason University.

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Books by Courtney Angela Brkic

The First Rule of Swimming: A Novel

Little, Brown & Co., 2013

The Stone Fields: An Epitaph for the Living

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004

Stillness: and Other Stories

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003