Grace Paley received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction in 1961 and the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for short story writing in 1970. In 1980, she was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1989, Governor Cuomo conferred upon Grace Paley the honor of becoming the first official New York State writer. Grace Paley has a son and daughter and one grandchild. She currently lives in Thetford, Vermont.

Short Story Collections
The Little Disturbances of Man (Doubleday & Co., 1959)
The Little Disturbances of Man (Viking, 1968)
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1974)
Later the Same Day (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985)

Short Fiction and Poetry
Long Walks and Intimate Talks (Feminist Press, 1991)

Poetry
New and Collected Poems (Tilbury House, 1992)

Biographical information prepared the year of the award.