Alice Munro

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Alice Munro (nee Laidlaw) was born on 10 July 1931 in Wingham, Ontario. She attended the University of Western Ontario on a two-year scholarship before marrying and moving to British Columbia where she and her husband opened a bookstore. Munro's first story was published in 1950 and her first collection of short stories was published eighteen years later. In 1972, she divorced and returned to Ontario. In addition to her short story collections, Munro has published one novel.

See also: Index of stories in Munro's books.


Books by Alice Munro

1968
Dance of the Happy Shades
Collection of fifteen short stories.
Lives of Girls and Women
1971
Lives of Girls and Women
The story of Del Jordan and her coming of age in a small town in Ontario.
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
1974
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
Collection of thirteen short stories.
Who Do You Think You Are?
1978
Who Do You Think You Are? (also published as The Beggar Maid)
Collection of ten short stories.
The Moons of Jupiter
1982
The Moons of Jupiter
Collection of eleven short stories.
The Progress of Love
1986
The Progress of Love
Collection of eleven short stories.
Friend of My Youth
1990
Friend of My Youth
Collection of ten short stories.
Open Secrets
1994
Open Secrets
Collection of eight short stories.
Selected Stories
1996
Selected Stories
Collection of twenty-eight previously published stories.
The Love of a Good Woman
1998
The Love of a Good Woman
Collection of eight short stories.
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
2001
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Collection of nine short stories.
No Love Lost
2003
No Love Lost
Collection of ten previously published stories.
Vintage Munro
2004
Vintage Munro
Collection of five previously published short stories.
Runaway
2004
Runaway
Collection of eight short stories.
The View from Castle Rock
2006
The View from Castle Rock
Collection of twelve short stories, semi-autobiographical.
2006
Alice Munro's Best
Collection of seventeen previously published stories.
2009
Too Much Happiness
Collection of ten short stories.
2012
Dear Life
 
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Added 08 November 2005.
Updated 04 May 2013.