Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career
Stucky-French's stories have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Five Points,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Narr ative.[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 RussoScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 2004–2005 Howard Foundation grant[6]
- Indiana Arts Foundation grantScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Florida Arts Foundation grantScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Works
Short stories
- "Junior," The Atlantic, April 1996
- "Electric Wizard," The Atlantic, June 1998
- "Mudlavia," The Atlantic, September 2003
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Novels
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Mudlavia, Doubleday
- The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, Doubleday, 2011
- Where Wicked Starts, 2014, with Patricia Henley
Anthologies
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Non-fiction
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- "Wise Kids, Childish Adults: A conversation with Elizabeth Stuckey-French", The Nation, June 11, 1998
- "Aimee Bender and Elizabeth Stuckey-French", Beatrice Interview
Script error: No such module "Authority control".