Stacey Richter | |
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Born | 3 April 1965 Prince George's County, Maryland |
Occupation | Fiction writer |
Nationality | United States |
Subjects | Fiction |
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Stacey Richter is an American writer of short fiction. Richter has been the recipient of four Pushcart Prizes, a National Prize for Fiction and the National Magazine Award.[1] Her first collection of stories, My Date with Satan was published in 1999. In 2008, Richter published her second collection, Twin Study, which includes the Pushcart Award-winning story "The Land of Pain".[2]
Richter was born in Maryland in 1965, the daughter of Valerie and Herschel Richter, a cardiologist.[3] She was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Richter earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master's in Creative Writing from Brown University.[3] She has resided in Tucson since 1992.[3]