C. E. Morgan

C. E. Morgan (b. 1976) is an American author.^[1] She won the 2016 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

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

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.
4. Lannan Foundation - Literary Awards and Fellowships. Retrieved October 13, 2010
5. United States Artists Official Website
6. $50,000 Awards Go to 10 Writers
7. "C. E. Morgan". Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

External links

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