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((short description|American writer))
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|birth_name = Anita Hale Shreve
|birth_date = October 7, 1946
|birth_place = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|death_date = March 29, 2018 (aged 71) 
|death_place = [[Newfields, New Hampshire]], U.S.
|occupation = Writer, novelist
|nationality = American
|period = 1975–2018
|genre = Fiction, non-fiction
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'''Anita Hale Shreve''' (October 7, 1946 &ndash; March 29, 2018)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/obituaries/anita-shreve-best-selling-novelist-dies-at-71.amp.html Obituary], nytimes.com. March 30, 2018. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref> was an [[American literature|American writer]], chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, ''Past the Island, Drifting'' (published 1975), was awarded an [[O. Henry Prize]] in 1976.<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/ohenry/0900/winners1919_alph.html#s O. Henry Prize winners list], randomhouse.com. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref>

==Early years and education==
Born in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], the eldest of three daughters,<ref name="TWR">((cite web|url=https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/1822585-lifes-write-angle/|title=Life's write angle|date=1 September 2011|publisher=The Weekly Review|author=Marinos, Sarah|access-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403051357/https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/1822585-lifes-write-angle/|archive-date=April 3, 2018|url-status=dead))</ref> Shreve grew up in [[Dedham, Massachusetts]]. She was a member of the [[Dedham High School]] class of 1964.<ref name=dhs/> 

Her father, Richard Harold Shreve,<ref>((cite web|url=https://pl.billiongraves.com/social-security/RICHARD-H-SHREVE/3629826|title=Richard H. Shreve (1922–2005)|publisher=Billion Graves))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Massachusetts/Richard-H-Shreve_3b8q5g|title=Richard H Shreve in the 1940 Census|publisher=Ancestry))</ref>((better source needed|date=July 2022)) was an airline pilot for [[Delta Air Lines]] and later a [[Trompe-l'œil|trompe l'oeil]] painter, while her mother, Bibiana Kennedy, was a homemaker.<ref name="TWR"/><ref name="WP obit">((cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/anita-shreve-best-selling-author-who-wrote-of-love-and-loss-dies-at-71/2018/03/31/d2a59fbc-342b-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html|title=Anita Shreve, best-selling author who wrote of love and loss, dies at 71|author=Schudel, Matt|date=31 March 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post))</ref><ref name="nyt obit">((cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/obituaries/anita-shreve-best-selling-novelist-dies-at-71.html|title=Anita Shreve, 71, Best-Selling Novelist Who Wrote 'Weight of Water,' Is Dead|work=The New York Times|date=March 30, 2018|author=Genzlinger, Neil))</ref>

Shreve graduated from [[Tufts University]]<ref name="TWR"/> and was a member of Chi Omega.

==Personal life==
((More citations needed|section|date=February 2023))
She married Jack Christensen, her first husband, while he finished his medical degree at [[Harvard Medical School]]. She met her second husband, Clay Wescott, at [[Reading Memorial High School]], where they were teachers. Shreve and Wescott were living in [[Hingham, Massachusetts]], and taking part in a Wescott family project to build Alcyone, a 41-foot sailboat, which was launched in January 1973. 
Some of Shreve's voyages with Wescott in Alcyone became fictionalized in her later writing. Wescott and Shreve married in 1975, and went to [[Kenya]] together, where Wescott got a job with the [[Harvard Institute for International Development]] while finishing his PhD. In 1978, Wescott and Shreve split up and returned to the USA.((citation needed|date=February 2023))

In 1980, she married again, this time to John Clemans, a photographer she met at ''Viva Magazine'', in Nairobi, and with whom she had two children, Christopher and Katherine. She was married for a fourth time, in 1999, to John Osborn, an insurance broker, and remained with him until her death.<ref name="TT">((cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3627159/A-writers-life-Anita-Shreve.html|title=A writer's life: Anita Shreve|publisher=The Telegraph|date=November 16, 2004|author=Macdonald, Marianne))</ref><ref name="nyt obit"/>

==Career==
Shreve taught at Reading Memorial High School before shifting to [[Hingham High School]]. Shreve wanted to become a writer, but it wasn't easy. Wescott and Shreve had a wall of their apartment covered with all the rejection notices she received. While in Kenya, Shreve worked as Deputy Editor for ''Viva Magazine'', an award-winning Kenyan publication under the direction of [[Salim Lone]]. Some of Shreve's Kenyan adventures also ended up in her books. One book, ''A Change in Altitude'', was a fictional account about a climb to the top of [[Mount Kenya]] that Wescott and Shreve did with their friends Mary and Richard Oates. In the real story, they were near the top of the mountain, and Mary slipped on the ice, but the guide caught her before she fell off the edge. In Shreve's version, Mary fell off the edge and died. Shreve was a cheerful person, but her stories were often tragic.((citation needed|date=February 2023))

She continued to work as a freelance journalist.<ref name="TWR"/> In 1999, while she was teaching Creative Writing at [[Amherst College]], Oprah Winfrey called, selecting ''[[The Pilot's Wife]]'' for her book club. Since then, Shreve's novels have sold millions of copies worldwide.<ref>((cite web |title=Chat queen Oprah shelves her TV book club |date=2002-04-08 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417001013/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/08/media.books |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/08/media.books))</ref>

In 2000, her novel ''[[The Weight of Water]]'' was made into a [[The Weight of Water (film)|movie of the same title]], directed by [[Kathryn Bigelow]] and starring [[Sean Penn]], [[Sarah Polley]], and [[Elizabeth Hurley]]. Two years later, her novel ''Resistance'' became [[Resistance (2003 film)|a film of the same name]] and starred [[Bill Paxton]] and [[Julia Ormond]]. That same year, [[CBS]] released ''[[The Pilot's Wife]]'' as a movie of the week starring [[Christine Lahti]] and [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]].

==Death and legacy==
Anita Shreve died on March 29, 2018, aged 71, at her home at [[Newfields, New Hampshire]], from [[cancer]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-anita-shreve-dies-20180330-story.html|title=Anita Shreve, author of 'The Pilot's Wife,' dies at 71|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=30 March 2018))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/30/anita-shreve-best-selling-author-the-pilot-wife-dies/XWoFL3o3izXEhlblT5HHcJ/story.html|title=Anita Shreve, best-selling N.H. author of 'The Pilot's Wife,' dies at 71|website=Boston Globe|first=Bryan|last=Marquard|date=30 March 2018|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330181244/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/30/anita-shreve-best-selling-author-the-pilot-wife-dies/XWoFL3o3izXEhlblT5HHcJ/story.html|archive-date=March 30, 2018|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((cite news |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180330/best-selling-author-anita-shreve-of-newfields-dies |title=Best-selling author Anita Shreve of Newfields dies |first=Jane |last=Murphy |website=[[The Portsmouth Herald|seacoastonline.com]] |date=March 30, 2018 |accessdate=March 31, 2018))</ref> Her widower, John Osborn, donated a collection of her books to [[Dedham High School]].<ref name = dhs>((cite journal|title =Anita Shreve Memorial Book Collection | page = 5 | journal = Dedham High School Alumni Association News | issue = Spring 2019 ))</ref> The books were given at a special ceremony attended by Osborn and several of her classmates.<ref name=dhs/> The books are displayed in a special case in the library with a commemorative plaque.<ref name=dhs/>

==Awards and honors==
((incomplete list|date=September 2012))
*2000: Short-listed for the [[Orange Prize]], ''The Weight of Water''
*1999: [[Oprah Winfrey's Book Club]], ''The Pilot's Wife''
*1998: [[L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award]], ''The Weight of Water''
*1976: [[O. Henry Prize]], ''Past the Island, Drifting''

==Bibliography==
===Fiction===
*''[[Past the Island, Drifting]]'' (1975)
*''[[Eden Close]]'' (1989)
*''Strange Fits of Passion'' (1991)
*''[[Where or When (novel)|Where or When]]'' (1993)
*''[[Resistance (Anita Shreve novel)|Resistance]]'' (1995)
*''[[The Weight of Water]]'' (1997) (Shortlisted for the 1998 [[Orange Prize]])
*''[[The Pilot's Wife]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Fortune's Rocks (novel)|Fortune's Rocks]]'' (1999)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/12/05/daily/120999shreve-book-review.html 'Fortune's Rocks': Painting the Onset of Desire a Richer Color in 1899]</ref>
*''[[The Last Time They Met]]'' (2001)
*''[[Sea Glass]]'' (2002)
*''[[All He Ever Wanted]]'' (2003)
*''[[Light on Snow]]'' (2004)
*''[[A Wedding in December]]'' (2005)
*''[[Body Surfing]]'' (2007)
*''[[Testimony (Shreve novel)|Testimony]]'' (2008)
*''A Change in Altitude'' (2009)
*''Rescue'' (2010)
*''[[Stella Bain]]'' (2013)
*''The Stars Are Fire'' (2017)

===Nonfiction===
*''[[Remaking Motherhood: How Working Mothers are Shaping Our Children's Future]]'' (1987)
*''[[Women Together, Women Alone: The Legacy of the Consciousness-Raising Movement]]'' (1989)

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.anitashreve.com/ Anita Shreve website]

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