Which of these American authors is best know for her bestselling novels that take place in the fictional village of Mitford, Jan Karon or Mary Gordon?
Mary Gordon (writer) Mary Catherine Gordon (born December 8, 1949) is an American writer and the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. She is best known for her novels, memoirs and literary criticism.
Joan Slonczewski Joan Lyn Slonczewski is an American microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel. Her books have twice earned the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: "A Door into Ocean" (1987) and "The Highest Frontier" (2011). With John W. Foster she coauthors the textbook, "Microbiology: An Evolving Science" (W. W. Norton). She explores her ideas of biology, politics, and artificial intelligence at her blog Ultraphyte.