Emily Fridlund

Fridlund grew up in Edina, Minnesota.

She has a bachelor's degree from Principia College in Illinois, an MFA in fiction from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California.{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/native-minnesotan-writer-didn-t-expect-to-land-on-man-booker-shortlist/445431203/|title=Native Minnesotan writer 'didn't expect' to land on Man Booker shortlist|website=Star Tribune|date=18 September 2017 |access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085833/http://www.startribune.com/native-minnesotan-writer-didn-t-expect-to-land-on-man-booker-shortlist/445431203/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/history-of-wolves-by-emily-fridlund-1.3240992|title=History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund|last=Gilmartin|first=Sarah|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017052528/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/history-of-wolves-by-emily-fridlund-1.3240992|url-status=live}}

She currently lives in New York. She is married, and has one child.

Fridlund is an assistant professor at Cornell University in the Department of English.{{Cite web|url=https://english.cornell.edu/emily-fridlund|title=Emily Fridlund |publisher= English Faculty: Cornell Arts & Sciences|website=english.cornell.edu|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090902/https://english.cornell.edu/emily-fridlund|url-status=live}}

Fridlund's debut novel, History of Wolves, was a finalist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize (one of six novels to be named to the shortlist) and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/16/history-of-wolves-emily-fridlund-review|title=History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund review – God and grooming|last=Ditum|first=Sarah|date=2017-02-16|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-13|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091409/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/16/history-of-wolves-emily-fridlund-review|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Grossmann |first=Mary Ann |date=2017-09-13 |title='History of Wolves' by Edina's Emily Fridlund shortlisted for Man Booker Prize |url=https://www.twincities.com/2017/09/13/man-booker-prize-2017-history-of-wolves/ |work=Pioneer Press |location=St. Paul, Minnesota |access-date=2021-01-26 |archive-date=2021-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203081202/https://www.twincities.com/2017/09/13/man-booker-prize-2017-history-of-wolves/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, History of Wolves won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.

Her 2017 collection of short stories, Catapult, won the Mary McCarthy Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/emily-fridlund-catapult-review/546584/|title=The Tales of 'Catapult' Pack a Punch|last=Hulbert|first=Ann|date=2017-12-12|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090849/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/emily-fridlund-catapult-review/546584/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://chireviewofbooks.com/2017/10/17/catapult-stories-emily-fridlund-review/|title=Emily Fridlund's Short Fiction Is Even Weirder Than 'History of Wolves' (Yay!)|last=Yohannes|first=Neyat|date=2017-10-17|website=Chicago Review of Books|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=2019-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310072003/https://chireviewofbooks.com/2017/10/17/catapult-stories-emily-fridlund-review/|url-status=live}}

Her creative writing has appeared in many journals including New Orleans Review, Southwest Review, Boston Review and ZYZZYVA.{{Cite web|url=https://uknow.uky.edu/uk-happenings/award-winning-fiction-authors-emily-fridlund-sherry-thomas-present-women-writers-event|title=Award-winning Fiction Authors Emily Fridlund, Sherry Thomas to Present at Women Writers Event|date=2018-07-27|website=UKNow|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091813/https://uknow.uky.edu/uk-happenings/award-winning-fiction-authors-emily-fridlund-sherry-thomas-present-women-writers-event|url-status=live}}

• History of Wolves (Grove Atlantic, 2017){{cite book|author=Emily Fridlund|title=History of Wolves: A Novel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4X9DAAAQBAJ|date=3 January 2017|publisher=Grove Atlantic|isbn=978-0-8021-8977-6|access-date=28 January 2021|archive-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713032357/https://books.google.com/books?id=S4X9DAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
• Catapult (Sarabande, 2017){{cite book|author=Emily Fridlund|title=Catapult: Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTeFAQAACAAJ|year=2017|publisher=Sarabande Books|isbn=978-1-946448-05-7|access-date=2021-01-28|archive-date=2022-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713032357/https://books.google.com/books?id=fTeFAQAACAAJ|url-status=live}}

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• [https://www.emilyfridlundbooks.com/ Official website]

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