Josephine Carson

Josephine Carson (June 21, 1919 – November 2, 2002) was an American writer. A resident of San Francisco, she published three novels – Drives My Green Age, First Man, Last Man (1967), and Where You Goin', Girlie? (1975) – as well as short stories and non-fiction. She also taught subjects such as creative writing at Bennington College, the University of California, Berkeley, and Mills College at Northeastern University.

Early life and education Josephine Carson was born on June 21, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After she spent some time in New York, she began creative writing while living in San Miguel de Allende.

Career She published her first novel, Drives My Green Age in 1957. She won the Stanford University Dramatists' Alliance's 1960 Miles Anderson Award for her then-unpublished play Open Season. She also worked at University of California, Berkeley and Mills College at Northeastern University as a writing teacher, and she was a visiting writer at the latter.

Personal life She married Mark Rider until their divorce; they had no children. Her archives are located in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University.

Awards and honors She was a Huntington Hartford Foundation Fellow in 1957. She was awarded a MacDowell Colony fellowship three times, two in 1970 and one in 1971. She was also a Yaddo fellow.