C. E. Morgan

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|education=Berea College (BA)
Harvard University (MDiv)

|awards=Whiting Award (2013)
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (2016)
Kirkus Prize (2016)

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C. E. Morgan (born 1976) is an American author.[http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/06/14/100614fi_fiction_20under40_qa_c-e-morgan 20 Under 40 Fiction Q. & A.: C. E. Morgan], The New Yorker, June 10, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2010. She was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Sport of Kings, winner of the 2016 Kirkus Prize and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, and in 2009 was named a 5 under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation.

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.[http://www.berea.edu/ Berea College] Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School, where she studied literature and religion. She wrote All the Living while at Harvard.Wilson, Amy. [http://www.kentucky.com/2009/05/17/796860/berea-authors-debut-novel-rewards.html A Profile of Morgan] Lexington Herald, May 17, 2009. She lives in Kentucky.

Awards and honors

2009 National Book Foundation "5 under 35" award{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/5under35_2009.html#.V9rWjJMrKRs|title = 5 Under 35 2009}}
2010 Lannan Literary Fellowship[http://www.lannan.org/lf/lit/awards-and-fellowships/ Lannan Foundation - Literary Awards and Fellowships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202085632/http://www.lannan.org/lf/lit/awards-and-fellowships/# |date=2008-02-02 }}. Retrieved October 13, 2010
2012 United States Artists Fellow award[http://www.unitedstatesartists.org United States Artists Official Website]
2013 Whiting Award[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/books/50000-awards-go-to-10-writers.html?_r=0 $50,000 Awards Go to 10 Writers]
2016 Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes (Fiction){{cite web |url=http://windhamcampbell.org/2016/winner/c-e-morgan |title=C. E. Morgan |publisher=Windham–Campbell Literature Prize |date=February 29, 2016 |accessdate=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304013605/http://windhamcampbell.org/2016/winner/c-e-morgan |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
2016 Kirkus Prize (Fiction){{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/2016/finalists/fiction/ |title=C. E. Morgan |publisher=2016 Kirkus Prize Winner in Fiction |date=February 29, 2016 |accessdate=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608050609/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/2016/finalists/fiction/ |url-status=dead }}
2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist

Bibliography

=Novels=

All the Living (2009)
The Sport of Kings (2016)

=Short stories=

[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/opinion/25morgan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Over by Christmas", The New York Times, December 24, 2008]
[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/06/14/twins-3 "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

External links

[http://community.berea.edu/appalachianheritage/issues/spring2010/interviewwithcemorgan.pdf An Interview with Morgan]
[http://www.bookarmy.com/news/Authors/C.E._Morgan.aspx 5 Great Books Chosen by Morgan]

Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century American novelists

Category:American women novelists

Category:Novelists from Kentucky

Category:Berea College alumni

Category:Harvard Divinity School alumni

Category:American women short story writers

Category:21st-century American women writers

Category:21st-century American short story writers

Category:Kirkus Prize winners