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C. E. Morgan (born 1976) is an American author.[1] 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.[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

• 2009 National Book Foundation "5 under 35" award[4]
• 2010 Lannan Literary Fellowship[5]
• 2012 United States Artists Fellow award[6]
• 2013 Whiting Award[7]
• 2016 Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes (Fiction)[8]
• 2016 Kirkus Prize (Fiction)[9]
• 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist

Bibliography

Novels

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

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

External links

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

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