| Tillie Olsen  AKA Tillie Lerner
Born: 14-Jan-1913
Birthplace: Omaha, NE
Died: 1-Jan-2007
Location of death: Oakland, CA [1]
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Tell Me a Riddle
[1] Kaiser Hospital, Oakland, CA.
Father: Samuel Lerner
Mother: Ida
Daughter: Karla (gave birth at age 19)
Husband: Jack Olsen (m. 1944, three daughters)
Daughter: Julie
Daughter: Kathie
Daughter: Laurie
O. Henry Award 1961 for "Tell Me a Riddle"
Risk Factors: Stuttering
Author of books:
Tell Me A Riddle: A Collection (1961, short stories)
Yonnondio: From the Thirties (1974)
Silences (1978, essays)
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