Joyce Carol Oates
- Born
- 16 June 1938 (88 years)
- Place of birth
- Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
- Gender
- Female
Joyce Carol Oates is an American author, poet and playwright. She published her first book in 1963 and has since published 58 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
