{"key": "/authors/OL28494A", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "100082804", "wikidata": "Q6812633", "isni": "000000007864128X", "goodreads": "7375", "imdb": "nm1746304", "lc_naf": "n98092374", "opac_sbn": "VIAV101463"}, "personal_name": "Melissa Bank", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["Melissa Susan Bank"], "birth_date": "1960", "death_date": "2022", "name": "Melissa Bank", "bio": "Melissa Susan Bank (October 11, 1960 \u2013 August 2, 2022) was an American author. She published two books\u2014*The Wonder Spot,* a volume of short stories, and *The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing*\u2014and won the 1993 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction. She taught at Stony Brook University.", "source_records": ["ia:manueldechasseet0000bank_d2d7", "ia:girlsguidetohunt0000bank_m8h9"], "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-02-06T16:48:47.622905"}}