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= Authorial Background   ﻿  Joyce Carol Oates was born on June 16, 1938 in Lockport, England. Her family lived on a farm but Joyce's father was a tool designer, and her mother was a housewife. In 1953, Oates wrote her first novel at the age of 15, but it was rejected because the publishers found it too depressing for teenage audiences. After high school Oates won a scholarship to Saracuse University and studied English. In 1960 she graduated at the top of her class and enrolled into graduate school at the university of Wisconsin and met Raymond Joseph Smith, an English professor. They married in 1961. Joyce Carol Oates earned a masters degree and worked towards a doctorate in English, all the while writing stories. She also taught at the University of Detroit, University of Windsor, and Princeton University. Along with her husband, Oates founded the Ontario Review in 1974. She also wrote many novels exploring different aspects of society such as evil, violence, and other social problems.

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