Meg Waite Clayton Explained
Meg Waite Clayton |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1959 |
Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan |
Occupation: | Novelist, essayist |
Nationality: | American |
Period: | 1995–present |
Genre: | Literary fiction |
Meg Waite Clayton (born January 1, 1959, in Washington, D.C.) is an American novelist.[1]
Biography
A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Clayton also earned bachelor's degrees in History and Psychology from the University of Michigan. She worked as a lawyer at the Los Angeles firm of Latham & Watkins. She grew up primarily in suburban Kansas City and suburban Chicago, where she graduated from Glenbrook North High School.[2] She began writing in earnest after moving to a horse farm outside of Baltimore, Maryland, where her first novel is set. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In addition to her work as a novelist, she has written for the Los Angeles Times,[3] [4] Writer's Digest, Runner's World, and public radio.[5] [6] [7] [8]
Awards and honors
Clayton's first novel, The Language of Light, was a finalist for the 2002 Bellwether Prize for Fiction, now the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Her novel The Wednesday Sisters became a bestseller[9] and a popular book club choice.[10] [11] [12] Her "After the Debate" on Forbes online[13] was praised by the Columbia Journalism Review as "[t]he absolute best story about women's issues stemming from the second Presidential debate."[14] The Race for Paris was a 2015 Langum Prizes Historical Fiction Honorable Mention.
Bibliography
- The Language of Light (2003)
- The Wednesday Sisters (2007)
- The Four Ms. Bradwells (2011)
- The Wednesday Daughters (2013)
- The Race for Paris (2015)
- Beautiful Exiles (2018)
- The Last Train to London (2019)
- The Postmistress of Paris (2021)
Notes and References
- http://www.randomhouse.com/author/79188/meg%20waite-clayton?sort=best_13wk_3month Random House bio
- News: Female Lawyers Face the Glass Gavel . Julia Keller . Chicago Tribune . May 13, 2011 . April 26, 2013.
- News: Obama's speech: One for the 'herstory' books . Meg Waite Clayton . Los Angeles Times . January 23, 2013 . April 26, 2013.
- News: Flirting with justice . Meg Waite Clayton . Los Angeles Times . September 25, 2013 . April 26, 2013.
- You've Come a Long Way, Barbie. "Perspectives". KQED. San Francisco. March 20, 2009.
- Progress Comes Slowly. "Perspectives". KQED. San Francisco. August 26, 2010.
- Moonshot. "Perspectives". KQED. San Francisco. May 25, 2011.
- Fair Play. "Perspectives". KQED. San Francisco. June 25, 2012.
- http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/San-Francisco-Chronicle-Best-Sellers-2540525.php San Francisco Chronicle, July 2008
- News: Target Can Make Sleepy Titles into Best Sellers . Motoko Rich . New York Times . July 22, 2009 . September 4, 2011.
- News: The top 20 book club bestsellers for 2010 from Bookmovement.com . Hartford Count Public Library . July 27, 2011 . April 29, 2013.
- News: The top 20 book club bestsellers for 2010 from Bookmovement.com . Pulpwood Queens . June 26, 2008 . April 29, 2013.
- News: After the Debate . Meg Waite Clayton . Forbes Online . October 17, 2012 . April 26, 2013.
- News: Covering the candidates on women . Jennifer Vanasco . Columbia Journalism Review . October 19, 2012 . April 26, 2013.