Rene Denfeld Explained

Rene Denfeld is an American author.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Her first novel, The Enchanted (Harper 2014), was awarded the French Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award, an ALA Medal for Excellence in Fiction,^[4] and a Carnegie Listing.^[5] The book was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, The Oregonians Best Book of the Year, and listed for the Dublin International fiction prize. Her second novel, The Child Finder (Harper 2017), is a literary thriller examining the role of a young woman in finding a missing child.

Denfeld has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Oregonian and the Philadelphia Inquirer.^[6]

Novels

• 2014 - The Enchanted: A Novel (HarperCollins)
• 2017 - The Child Finder (HarperCollins), translation by Pierre Bondil under the Title "Trouver l'enfant"
• 2019 - The Butterfly Girl (HarperCollins), translation by Pierre Bondil under the Title "La Fille aux papillons"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Radical Acts of Imagination: An Interview with Rene Denfeld. fictionwritersreview.com. 2019-03-28.
2. Web site: Interview with Rene Denfeld, Author of "The Child Finder". psychologytoday.com. 2019-03-28.
3. Web site: On "The Child Finder": An Interview with Rene Denfeld. sites.lsa.umich.edu. 2019-03-28.
4. Web site: American Library Association Longlist 2015 - Fiction. ala.org. 2019-11-14.
5. Web site: Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Longlist 2015. www.booklistonline.com. 2019-11-14.
6. News: Death row investigator speaks on mass incarceration . Moreno . Julia . The Observer . Central Washington University . Ellensburg . October 14, 2015 . January 31, 2019.