Susan McIlvaine Kenney (born April 28, 1941) is an American short story writer and novelist.
Life
She was born in Summit, New Jersey, and spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, and from Cornell University, with a Ph.D. She taught at Colby College.
She married professor Edwin Kenney, who died on December 8, 1992; they had two children, James and Anne.
Awards
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
New York State Regents Graduate Fellowship
1982 O. Henry Award for "Facing Front" National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, 1983–1984 New Voice Literary Award, In Another Country, 1985 ALN Notable Books of the Year, for In Another Country 1989 New York Times Notable Paperback of the Year, for Sailing