Jane Bernstein was born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at New York University and Columbia University. She is the author of
five books, most recently Rachel in the World. Her film work includes the screenplay for the Warner Brothers movie
Seven Minutes in Heaven. Her essays and articles have appeared widely in such places as The New York Times Magazine, Ms.,
Creative Nonfiction, the Massachusetts Review, and Glamour. Among her fellowships and awards are two Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts Fellowships, one in creative writing and one in media arts, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Creative
Writing. Jane is a professor of English and creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University and lives
in Pittsburgh, PA.
other awards and citations include:
other awards and citations include:
Pushcart Prize nomination for “The Enormous Phone Call,” 2003.
The Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing and a nomination for a Pushcart Prize for “The Anatomy of Worry,” 2001.
“Rachel Flies Alone, selected as a “Notable Essay of 1999” by Robert Atwan, Best American Essays, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Co.
“The Black Dog,” selected as a “Notable Essay of 1998” by Robert Atwan, Best American Essays, 1999 Houghton Mifflin Co.
“The Silent Struggle,” selected as a Mental Health Media Award Finalist by the National Mental Health Association, Alexandria, VA, 1997.
"Kisses,” third-prize winner in The Ledge Annual Fiction Contest, 1995.
Special Merit Award at the U.S. Film Festival, Santa Barbara, CA., 1987 and an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival, 1986 for “Seven Minutes in Heaven.”
Berkman Faculty Development Grant, 2005.
Fulbright Fellowship, 2004.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2003.
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 2000-2001.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Media Arts – Writing, 1995.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Fiction,1986-87.
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 1982-83,
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, 1981-82.
The Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing and a nomination for a Pushcart Prize for “The Anatomy of Worry,” 2001.
“Rachel Flies Alone, selected as a “Notable Essay of 1999” by Robert Atwan, Best American Essays, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Co.
“The Black Dog,” selected as a “Notable Essay of 1998” by Robert Atwan, Best American Essays, 1999 Houghton Mifflin Co.
“The Silent Struggle,” selected as a Mental Health Media Award Finalist by the National Mental Health Association, Alexandria, VA, 1997.
"Kisses,” third-prize winner in The Ledge Annual Fiction Contest, 1995.
Special Merit Award at the U.S. Film Festival, Santa Barbara, CA., 1987 and an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival, 1986 for “Seven Minutes in Heaven.”
Berkman Faculty Development Grant, 2005.
Fulbright Fellowship, 2004.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2003.
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 2000-2001.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Media Arts – Writing, 1995.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Fiction,1986-87.
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 1982-83,
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, 1981-82.