C.E. Morgan
C. E. Morgan is an American author born in 1976.[1] The author of the novel All the Living (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), she was a recipient of the National Book Foundations 5 under 35 award and a 2010 Lannan Literary Fellowship.[2] In 2010, she was also named by The New Yorker magazine as one of America's 20 Best Writers Under 40.
As an undergraduate, Morgan studied voice at Berea College, a tuition-free labor college for students from poor and working-class backgrounds in Appalachia. In exchange for a free education, all students work for the college while enrolled.[3] Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School, where she studied literature and religion. She wrote All the Living while at Harvard.[4] She lives in Kentucky.
In 2012 Ms. Morgan won a United States Artists Fellow award.[5] In 2013, she won a Whiting Writers' Award.[6]
Bibliography
Novels
All the Living (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)
Short Stories
- "Over by Christmas" (The New York Times, December 24, 2008) [7]
- "Twins" (The New Yorker, June 14–21, 2010)
- "My Friend, Nothing Is In Vain" (Oxford American, Spring 2014)
Essays and Other Writings
- "Introduction", A Circle in the Fire & Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor (Folio Society, 2013)
- "Foreword", Light in August by William Faulkner (Modern Library, 2002)
References
- ↑ 20 Under 40 Fiction Q. & A.: C. E. Morgan, The New Yorker, June 10, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ↑ Lannan Foundation - Literary Awards and Fellowships. Retrieved October 13, 2010
- ↑ Berea College
- ↑ Wilson, Amy. A Profile of Morgan Lexington Herald, May 17, 2009.
- ↑ United States Artists Official Website
- ↑ $50,000 Awards Go to 10 Writers
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/opinion/25morgan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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