Joyce Hackett, born in Pennsylvania, USA, in 1961. M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Columbia University, New York City. Novelist in New York City.
Writer-in-Residence (1 September 2010 – 31 January 2011)
RECONSTRUCTION: A NOVEL
While at NIAS I worked steadily on my novel “Reconstruction: A Novel”, and completed four chapters. The novel explores the duel between America’s two most famous 19th century activists, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and suffragist Susan B. Anthony.