I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.

Three of her stories won first prize in the O. Ozick is married to Bernard Hallote a lawyer with whom Cynthia Ozick has a daughter. A.

Cynthia Ozick (born April 17 1928) is an American short story writer novelist and essayist.