O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 84 (2005) Winner
Elizabeth Stuckey-French
エリザベス・ステュキー＝フレンチ
Erizabesu Sutyukī-Furenshi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Lafayette, Indiana → Tallahassee, Florida
Career
- Occupations
- short story writer, novelist, professor
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Affiliations
- Florida State University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University | — | Literature | — | — | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
Purdue University
Literature
Country:
United States
Founding editor of the Sycamore Review
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United States
James A. Michener Fellow
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | O. Henry Award | Mudlavia | — | O. Henry Award | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Howard Foundation grant | — | — | Howard Foundation | 受賞 |
O. Henry Award
2005
Work:
Mudlavia
Organization:
O. Henry Award
Result:
受賞
Howard Foundation grant
2004
Organization:
Howard Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady
2011 NovelA story of revenge by a woman affected by radiation
revengefamily
Mermaids on the Moon
2002 NovelNovel themed around mermaids
fantasyloss
The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa
2000 Short story collectionShort story collection about a newspaper girl in Iowa
youthsmall-town life
Mudlavia
2003 Short storyStory set at a mud spa
familylosshumor
Electric Wizard
1998 Short storyBibliography
- Junior (The Atlantic, 1996)
- Electric Wizard (The Atlantic, 1998)
- Mudlavia (The Atlantic, 2003)
- The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa (2000)
- Tenderloin and other stories (1992)
- Mermaids on the Moon (2002)
- The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady (2011)
- Where Wicked Starts (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- simplicity of storytellinggentle humorheartbreaking wisdom
- Recurring Motifs
- family storiessmall-town lifeloss and redemption
Legacy
Known for short stories and novels, winner of O. Henry Award. Professor of creative writing at Florida State University.
Trivia
- Her husband Ned Stuckey-French died of cancer in 2019.
- Raised in Lafayette, Indiana.