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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

  • Natural History: Stories

    Andrea Barrett

    Hardback, 2022

    Finalist for the 2022 Story Prize
    Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
    Named Among the Best Fiction of 2022 by BookPage and Kirkus Reviews

    A masterful new collection of...
  • Natural History: Stories

    Andrea Barrett

    E Book

    Finalist for the Story Prize
    Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
    A BookPage and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

    A masterful collection of interconnected stories from the...
  • Ship Fever: Stories

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 2022

    1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.
  • Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction

    Andrea Barrett

    Hardback, 2025

    The celebrated National Book Award–winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction
  • Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction

    Andrea Barrett

    E Book

    The celebrated National Book Award–winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction
  • The Voyage of the Narwhal

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 2023

  • The Air We Breathe: A Novel

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 2023

  • Archangel: Fiction

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 2023

  • Natural History: Stories

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 2023

    Finalist for the Story Prize
    Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
    A BookPage and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

    A masterful collection of interconnected stories from the...
  • Servants of the Map: Stories

    Andrea Barrett

    Paperback, 2023

    "Gemlike stories that sparkle with intelligence and fire." —O, The Oprah Magazine

    A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this wonderfully imagined collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen...