Novelist Andrea Barrett '74, who spoke on campus in 1997, was one of 23 fellows announced Wednesday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the so-called “Genius Awards.”
Each recipient receives $500,000 over five years in no-strings attached grant money.
Barrett, who graduated Union as a biology major, is the author of a number of books showing her interest in science and history including The Forms of Water, Ship Fever, The Voyage of the Narwhal and The Middle Kingdom.