Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton
Born January 1, 1959
Washington, D.C. United States
Occupation Novelist, Essayist
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Michigan
Period 1995–present
Genre Literary fiction
Website
www.megwaiteclayton.com

Meg Waite Clayton (born January 1, 1959 in Washington, D.C.) is an American novelist.[1]

Writing career

In addition to her work as a novelist, she has written for the Los Angeles Times,[2][3] Writer's Digest, Runner's World, and public radio.[4] [5][6][7]

Biography

A graduate of University of Michigan Law School, Clayton also earned bachelor's degrees in History and Psychology from the University of Michigan. She worked as a lawyer at the Los Angeles firm of Latham & Watkins. She grew up primarily in suburban Kansas City and suburban Chicago, where she graduated from Glenbrook North High School.[8] She began writing in earnest after moving to a horse farm outside of Baltimore, Maryland, where her first novel is set. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Awards and honors

Clayton's first novel, The Language of Light, was a finalist for the 2002 Bellwether Prize for Fiction, now the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Her novel The Wednesday Sisters became a bestseller [9] and a popular book club choice.[10][11][12] Her "After the Debate" on Forbes online[13] was praised by the Columbia Journalism Review as "[t]he absolute best story about women’s issues stemming from the second Presidential debate."[14] The Race for Paris was a 2015 Langum Prizes Historical Fiction Honorable Mention.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Random House bio
  2. ↑ Meg Waite Clayton (Jan 23, 2013). "Obama's speech: One for the 'herstory' books". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Apr 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ Meg Waite Clayton (Sep 25, 2013). "Flirting with justice". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Apr 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ "You've Come a Long Way, Barbie". "Perspectives". San Francisco. March 20, 2009. KQED.
  5. ↑ "Progress Comes Slowly". "Perspectives". San Francisco. Aug 26, 2010. KQED.
  6. ↑ "Moonshot". "Perspectives". San Francisco. May 25, 2011. KQED.
  7. ↑ "Fair Play". "Perspectives". San Francisco. June 25, 2012. KQED.
  8. ↑ Julia Keller (May 13, 2011). "Female Lawyers Face the Glass Gavel". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  9. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, July 2008
  10. ↑ Motoko Rich (July 22, 2009). "Target Can Make Sleepy Titles Into Best Sellers". New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  11. ↑ "The top 20 book club bestsellers for 2010 from Bookmovement.com". Hartford Count Public Library. July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  12. ↑ "The top 20 book club bestsellers for 2010 from Bookmovement.com". Pulpwood Queens. June 26, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ Meg Waite Clayton (Oct 17, 2012). "After the Debate". Forbes Online. Retrieved Apr 26, 2013.
  14. ↑ Jennifer Vanasco (Oct 19, 2012). "Covering the candidates on women". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved Apr 26, 2013.
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