Joyce Carol Oates

Born

June 16, 1938 · Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA

• Writer
• Actress
• miscellaneous

Joyce Carol Oates is an American author, poet and playwright. She published her first book in 1963 and has since published 58 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.