Ship Fever and Other Stories

Andrea Barrett (born November 16, 1954) is an American writer of historical fiction and short stories, often featuring scientists and naturalists, whose collection Ship Fever (1996) won the National Book Award for Fiction. site. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, and her collection Servants of the Map (2002) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, with later works like Archangel and Natural History earning Story Prize finalist honors.National Book Foundation, Rea Award