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June 16, 1938
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Joyce Carol Oates was born in Lockport, New York.
1956
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Oates graduated from Williamsville South High School.
1960
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Oates graduated from Syracuse University as valedictorian with a degree in English.
1961 - 2008
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Oates' married Raymond J. Smith.
1961
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Oates received her Master's Degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1961
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Oates' began teaching in Beaumont, Texas.
1962
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She taught at the University of Detroit.
1963
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Oates' first book was a collection of short stories, By the North Gate, published.
1964
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Oates' first novel was published: titled With Shuddering Fall
1966
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Oates' short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, was dedicated to Bob Dylan.
1967
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She won an O. Henry Award for "In the Region of Ice."
1968
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Oates' began teaching at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.
1970
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She won a National Book Award for Fiction for "them"
1973
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Oates' won a second O. Henry Award for "The Dead.
1974
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Oates' and her husband founded a literary magazine called "The Ontario Review," where she was the associate editor.
1978
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Oates' began teaching at Princeton University in New Jersey.
1980
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Oates' and her husband founded a publishing house called Ontario Review Books.
1987 - 2001
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Oates' worte many novels under the name Rosamond Smith.
1996
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She won a Bram Stoker Award for Novel for "Zombie."
1996
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She won a PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story.
2003 - 2006
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Oates' wrote a few novels using the name Lauren Kelly.
February 18, 2008
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Oates' husband died from comlications with pneumonia.
2009
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Oates' married Charles Gross, who was a professor at Pronceton University.