Beverly Jensen earned an MFA in drama from Southern Methodist University. After her death from cancer in 2003 at the age of forty-nine, her story "Wake" was published in the New England Review, included in The Best American Short Stories of 2007, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is survived by her husband, Jay Silverman, and their two children. Since her death, her fiction has been championed by a dedicated group of supporters, including Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates.
This biography was last updated on 06/24/2010.
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