Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Elizabeth Stuckey-French | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist, fiction Writer |
| Genre | Creative fiction |
| Notable works | "Electric Wizard," "Mudlavia," The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa, "Revenge of the Radioactive Lady" |
| Spouse | Ned Stuckey-French |
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Elizabeth Stuckey-French is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor.
Early life and education
Stuckey-French was born in Little Rock. She grew up in the town of Lafayette, Indiana.
She graduated from Purdue University and was founding editor of the Sycamore Review.[1] She was a James A. Michener Fellow at the Iowa Writers Workshop; she graduated with an MFA in 1992.
Career
Stucky-French's stories have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Five Points, Narrative.[2] She teaches creative writing at Florida State University.[3]
Reception
Richard Russo, in his commentary about the selections in the 2005 O. Henry anthology, called Stuckey-French's "Mudlavia", "the one that burrowed deepest under my skin". He praised the "simplicity of its storytelling; the way its private and public stories play off each other; its fond, gentle humor; the heartbreaking, hard-won wisdom of its narrator."[4]
Personal life
Stuckey-French lived in Tallahassee, Florida with her husband Ned Stuckey-French and her two daughters. Ned died of cancer in June 2019.[5]
Awards
- 2005 O. Henry Award for the story "Mudlavia", cited by juror Richard Russo
- 2004–2005 Howard Foundation grant[6]
- Indiana Arts Foundation grant
- Florida Arts Foundation grant
Works
Short stories
- "Junior," The Atlantic, April 1996
- "Electric Wizard," The Atlantic, June 1998
- "Mudlavia," The Atlantic, September 2003
- The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa. Doubleday. 2000. ISBN 978-0-385-49893-7.
- Tenderloin and other stories. 1992.
Novels
- Mermaids on the Moon. Doubleday. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7862-4857-5.
- Mudlavia, Doubleday
- The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, Doubleday, 2011
- Where Wicked Starts, 2014, with Patricia Henley
Anthologies
- Michael Wilkerson; Deborah Galyan, eds. (1990). "Blessing". New territory: contemporary Indiana fiction. Indiana University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-253-20595-7.
Elizabeth Stuckey-French.
Non-fiction
- Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French (2007). Writing fiction: a guide to narrative craft. Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-0-321-38414-0.
References
- ^ "Unfutura". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^ Stuckey-French, Elizabeth (August 15, 2008). "Interview with a Moron by Elizabeth Stuckey-French". Narrative Magazine.
- ^ "The English Department at Florida State University". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com.
- ^ Davidson-Hiers, C. D. "'Ned worked at bringing people home': Memorial held for FSU professor Ned Stuckey-French". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ^ "03-113 (Howard Foundation)". www.brown.edu.