Sheila Ballantyne (1936-2007) was an American novelist and short story writer most widely known for feminist ideas in her work exploring the role of women in shifting social climates. Ballantyne attended Mills College where she received a degree in psychology and later taught creative writing. Ballantyne’s published works include Norma Jean the Termite Queen (1975), Imaginary Crimes (1982), and Life on Earth, a collection of short stories. Imaginary Crimes was made into a feature film in 1994, and “Perpetual Care,” a story from her anthology Life on Earth, won an O. Henry Award.
Discipline:
Literature
Sheila Ballantyne
Discipline:
Literature
Region: Berkeley, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993
Studios
Heyward
Sheila Ballantyne worked in the Heyward studio.
The Lodge Annex, a wing on the west side of the men’s dormitory (The Lodge), was completed in 1926. Initially intended as an apartment for a caretaker, the space was soon repurposed as a live-in studio for writers. In recognition of a major endowment gift from the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Foundation, Lodge Annex was…