Mameve Medwed

Mameve S. Medwed (December 9, 1942 – December 26, 2021) was an American novelist. She was the author of Mail, Host Family, The End of an Error, How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life (for which she received a 2007 Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honor), Of Men and Their Mothers, and Minus Me.

Name Medwed's first name is pronounced "May-Meeve". According to her website, she was named for her two grandmothers, Mamie and Eva.

Life and career Medwed was born in Bangor, Maine, where she was raised, on December 9, 1942, to a Jewish family. She received a B.A. with honors from Simmons College. where she died from lung cancer on December 26, 2021, at the age of 79.

Novels Mail (1997) Host Family (2000) The End of an Error (2003) How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life (2006) Of Men and Their Mothers (2008) Minus Me (2021)