Joyce Carol Oates 06/16/1938 , (86 years old) in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA

Known for department

Writing

Biography

Joyce Carol Oates is an American author, poet and playwright. She published her first book in 1963 and has since published 58 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.