Michelle Richmond Explained

Michelle Richmond
Nationality:American
Education:University of Alabama (BA)
University of Miami (MFA)
Awards:AWP Award (2000)

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]

Biography

Richmond grew up in Mobile, Alabama,[4] [5] the second of three sisters.[6] She obtained her BA from the University of Alabama[6] 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 in Moraga, at Bowling Green State University and Notre Dame de Namur University.[7] She founded Fiction Attic Press[8] and San Francisco Journal of Books and is also a publisher.[9]

Writing career

Richmond's first book, the story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001),[10] was published by the University of Massachusetts Press. Her third book, The Year of Fog (2007), originally called Ocean Beach,[11] was published by Delacorte Press[12] and was a New York Times best seller.[11] [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

Richmond obtained the following awards for her writing:

Personal life

Richmond resides in Northern California[4] with her husband and son.[27]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deals: Return of the Bestsellers . Matthew . Thornton . 2 June 2008 . . 30 April 2013.
  2. News: Times . The Sunday . The Sunday Times Bestsellers, January 14 . . en . 2022-07-21 . 0140-0460.
  3. Web site: Michelle Richmond . 2022-07-21 . Grove Atlantic . en.
  4. Web site: Michelle Richmond . Random House . 30 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Well, well, well. It has been a star-studded last couple of weeks here in Mob-easy . 125 . 1 June 2009 . Mobile Magnified . 2 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150504134601/http://classic.lagniappemobile.com/article.asp?articleID=1238&sid . May 4, 2015.
  6. Web site: Running Toward the Future: An Interview with Michelle Richmond . Kingsbury . Pam . Southern Scribe . 2003 . 1 May 2013.
  7. Web site: International Bestselling Author To Read At Notre Dame de Namur University . 28 March 2012 . Notre Dame de Namur University . 2 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130403033502/http://www.ndnu.edu/public-relations/ndnu-news/news-richmond-reading.aspx . April 3, 2013.
  8. Web site: 2010-10-11 . Fiction Attic Press: About Fiction Attic Press . 2022-07-21 . fictionattic.com . en-US.
  9. Web site: About . San Francisco Journal of Books . 1 May 2013.
  10. News: Galehouse . Maggie . Books in Brief: The Girl In The Fall-Away Dress . . 9 December 2001 . 30 April 2013.
  11. Web site: Michelle Richmond: Author of 'The Year of the Fog,' Reads at Los Altos Library Feb. 8 . Grant . Natalie . 5 February 2011 . Los Altos Patch . 30 April 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130616085649/http://losaltos.patch.com/articles/michelle-richmond-author-of-the-year-of-the-fog-reads-at-los-altos-library-feb-8 . 16 June 2013 .
  12. News: A Quick Take on New Releases for Sunday March 25, 2007 . 25 March 2007 . . 30 April 2013.
  13. News: Paperback bestsellers: Fiction . . 18 May 2008 . 30 April 2013.
  14. Web site: Fiction Review - No One You Know . Publishers Weekly. 30 April 2013.
  15. Book: No One You Know . 16702387M.
  16. Web site: The Marriage Pact in Translation . 2022-07-21 . Michelle Richmond . en-US.
  17. Web site: Michelle Richmond FC2 . 2022-07-21 . en-US.
  18. News: Lyall . Sarah . 2021-07-30 . Repression, Obsession, Murder . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-21 . 0362-4331.
  19. Web site: People: Week of 5/3/10 . Publishers Weekly . 3 May 2010 . 30 April 2013.
  20. Web site: Hall-Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing Troy University . 2022-07-21 . www.troy.edu . en.
  21. Web site: Haskins . Shelly . 2018-04-15 . Alabama native wins 2018 Truman Capote Prize . 2022-07-21 . al . en.
  22. Web site: Prizes . FC2 . 1 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222231510/http://www.fc2.org/prizes.html . February 22, 2014.
  23. News: The Year of Fog is this year's Silicon Valley Reads selection . Heather . Zimmerman . 21 January 2011 . . 30 April 2013.
  24. Web site: Awards . The Fellowship of Southern Writers . 30 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130702001131/http://thefsw.org/page/awards . July 2, 2013.
  25. Web site: Michelle Richmond-Publications and Prizes . Poets & Writers . 1 May 2013.
  26. Web site: Fiction Notes . Publishers Weekly . 248 . 43 . 22 October 2001 . 30 April 2013.
  27. Web site: In Praise of not knowing . Cardillo . Margaret . 3 January 2009 . therumpus.net . 30 April 2013.

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