The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-blake-bailey

Portrait of Blake Bailey

Blake Bailey

American writer.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

3

Recognized books

2

Wins

5

Lists

26

Index score

2003—2014

Recognition span

Author in the index

Blake Bailey has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2003 and 2014. The records span 3 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards3
Francis Parkman Prize1
Pulitzer Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Blake Bailey

3 books · sorted by recognition

Cheever: A LifeBiography200918 ptsThe Splendid Things We Planned: A Family PortraitMemoir & Autobiography20144 ptsA Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard YatesBiography20034 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2009Cheever: A LifeBiography1823Vintage Books
2014The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family PortraitMemoir & Autobiography401W. W. Norton
2003A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard YatesBiography401Picador

All books on this page are credited to Blake Bailey.

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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