C. E. Morgan

C. E. Morgan (born 1976) is an American author.^[1] She won the 2016 Kirkus Prize and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, among other honors.

Biography

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.^[2] Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School, where she studied literature and religion. She wrote All the Living while at Harvard.^[3] She lives in Kentucky.

Awards and honors

• 2009 National Book Foundation "5 under 35" award^[4]
• 2010 Lannan Literary Fellowship^[5]
• 2012 United States Artists Fellow award^[6]
• 2013 Whiting Award^[7]
• 2016 Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes (Fiction)^[8]
• 2016 Kirkus Prize (Fiction)^[9]

Bibliography

Novels

• All the Living. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2009. ISBN 978-0-37410-362-0.
• The Sport of Kings. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2016. ISBN 978-0-374-28108-3

Short stories

• "Over by Christmas", The New York Times, December 24, 2008
• "Twins", The New Yorker, June 14–21, 2010
• "My Friend, Nothing Is In Vain", Oxford American, Spring 2014

Essays and other writings

• "Foreword", Light in August by William Faulkner (Modern Library, 2002)
• "Introduction", A Circle in the Fire & Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor (Folio Society, 2013)

References

1. 20 Under 40 Fiction Q. & A.: C. E. Morgan, The New Yorker, June 10, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
2. Berea College
3. Wilson, Amy. A Profile of Morgan Lexington Herald, May 17, 2009.
5. Lannan Foundation - Literary Awards and Fellowships. Retrieved October 13, 2010
6. United States Artists Official Website
7. $50,000 Awards Go to 10 Writers
8. "C. E. Morgan". Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
9. "C. E. Morgan". 2016 Kirkus Prize Winner in Fiction. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

External links

• An Interview with Morgan
• 5 Great Books Chosen by Morgan