Michelle Richmond is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She wrote The Year of Fog, which was a New York Times bestseller,[1] The Marriage Pact, which was a Sunday Times bestseller,[2] and six other books of fiction.[3]
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Alabama (BA) University of Miami (MFA) |
| Notable awards | AWP Award (2000) |
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Biography
editRichmond grew up in Mobile, Alabama,[4][5][6] the second of three sisters.[7] She obtained her BA from the University of Alabama[7] and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Miami, where she was a James Michener Fellow. She has taught at the University of San Francisco, the California College of the Arts, Saint Mary's College of California[5] in Moraga, at Bowling Green State University and Notre Dame de Namur University.[8] She founded Fiction Attic Press[9] and San Francisco Journal of Books and is also a publisher.[10]
Writing career
editRichmond's first book, the story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001),[11] was published by the University of Massachusetts Press. Her third book, The Year of Fog (2007), originally called Ocean Beach,[5] was published by Delacorte Press[12] and was a New York Times best seller.[5][13] Her fourth book, No One You Know (2008),[14] was published by Delacorte Press.[15] Her 2017 novel The Marriage Pact was a selection of the UK's Richard and Judy Book Club and was published in 30 languages[16] Her 2014 story collection Hum received the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize.[17] In 2021, Grove Atlantic published her novel The Wonder Test.[18]
Richmond's book, The Year of Fog, won her acclaim including being selected as one of the best books of 2007 by Library Journal, chosen by Kirkus Reviews as a top pick for Reading Groups, was nominated for the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle award, was listed by the San Francisco Chronicle as a notable book and was a New York Times bestseller and a best selling paperback book for Bantam publishers.[1]
She served on the board of the Authors Guild[19] from 2010 to 2022.
Awards and recognition
editRichmond obtained the following awards for her writing:
- 2022 Hall Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing[20]
- 2018 Truman Capote Prize[21]
- 2012 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for The Hero of Queens Boulevard and Other Stories from FC2.[22]
- 2011 selection of Silicon Valley Reads for The Year of Fog[23]
- Hillsdale Award for Fiction (2009).[24][25]
- Associated Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction for The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2000)[26]
- Mississippi Review Fiction Prize (2006)[8]
Personal life
editRichmond resides in Northern California[4] with her husband and son.[27]
Works
edit- The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001)
- Dream of the Blue Room (2003)
- The Year of Fog (2007)
- No One You Know (2008)
- Hum (2010)
- Golden State (2014)
- The Marriage Pact (2017)
- The Wonder Test (2021)
References
edit- ^ a b Thornton, Matthew (2 June 2008). "Deals: Return of the Bestsellers". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ Times, The Sunday. "The Sunday Times Bestsellers, January 14". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Michelle Richmond". Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ a b "Michelle Richmond". Random House. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d Grant, Natalie (5 February 2011). "Michelle Richmond: Author of 'The Year of the Fog,' Reads at Los Altos Library Feb. 8". Los Altos Patch. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Well, well, well. It has been a star-studded last couple of weeks here in Mob-easy". Mobile Magnified. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ a b Kingsbury, Pam (2003). "Running Toward the Future: An Interview with Michelle Richmond". Southern Scribe. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ a b "International Bestselling Author To Read At Notre Dame de Namur University". Notre Dame de Namur University. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Fiction Attic Press: About | Fiction Attic Press". fictionattic.com. 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "About". San Francisco Journal of Books. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ Galehouse, Maggie (9 December 2001). "Books in Brief: The Girl In The Fall-Away Dress". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "A Quick Take on New Releases for Sunday March 25, 2007". The Washington Post. 25 March 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Paperback bestsellers: Fiction". The New York Times. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Fiction Review - No One You Know". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ No One You Know. OL 16702387M.
- ^ "The Marriage Pact in Translation". Michelle Richmond. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Michelle Richmond | FC2". Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah (2021-07-30). "Repression, Obsession, Murder". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "People: Week of 5/3/10". Publishers Weekly. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Hall-Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing | Troy University". www.troy.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Haskins, Shelly (2018-04-15). "Alabama native wins 2018 Truman Capote Prize". al. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Prizes". FC2. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ Zimmerman, Heather (21 January 2011). "The Year of Fog is this year's Silicon Valley Reads selection". Mercury News. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Awards". The Fellowship of Southern Writers. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Michelle Richmond-Publications and Prizes". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Fiction Notes". Publishers Weekly. 22 October 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ Cardillo, Margaret (3 January 2009). "In Praise of not knowing". therumpus.net. Retrieved 30 April 2013.