Judy Blunt
| Judy Blunt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1954 (age 61–62) Phillips County, Montana, USA[1] |
| Occupation | university professor[2] non-fiction author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | M.F.A. from University of Montana[2] |
| Genre | memoir, essay |
| Notable awards | Whiting Award (2001)[3] |
| Children | three |
Judy Blunt (born 1954) is an American writer from Montana. Her most notable work to date is Breaking Clean, a collection of linked essays exploring her rural upbringing.
Biography
She was raised on a cattle ranch in a remote area of Phillips County, Montana, USA[1] near Regina, Montana, south of Malta, Montana. In 1986 she moved with her three small children to Missoula, Montana to attend the University of Montana.[4]
She later turned the tales of her ranch life into an award-winning memoir, titled Breaking Clean (Knopf 2002), which won a Whiting Award, the PEN/Jerard Fund Award,[4] Mountains and Plains Nonfiction Book Award, Willa Cather Literary Award, and was one of The New York Times' Notable Books.[2] She received a Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship and a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship.[5] Her essays and poems have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Big Sky Journal and Oprah Magazine.[2]
Blunt received her M.F.A. from the University of Montana in 1994.[2] Blunt currently resides in Missoula, Montana where she is an associate professor at the University of Montana.[2]
Bibliography
- Breaking Clean, Knopf: 2002 (hardcover), ISBN 0-375-40131-8
References
- 1 2 "Author's Desktop: Judy Blunt". Random House. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Faculty bio". University of Montana. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/judy-blunt
- 1 2 "UM author Judy Blunt hits the big time with 'Breaking Clean'". University of Montana. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "Breaking Clean (reading group guide)". Reading Group Guides. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
External links
- Powells.com interview
- Random House author bio
- January Magazine review of Breaking Clean
- Excerpt from Breaking Clean
- U of M bio/press release
- A Conversation with Judy Blunt, author of Breaking Clean
- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
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