Richard Wiley Explained

Richard Wiley
Birth Date:19 November 1944
Nationality:American
Education:University of Puget Sound (BA)
Sophia University (MA)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)
Awards:PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (1987)

Richard Wiley (born November 19, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer whose first novel, Soldiers in Hiding won the 1987 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.[1] He has published five other novels and a number of short stories (see "Works" below).

Wiley holds a B.A. from the University of Puget Sound and an M.A. from Sophia University in Tokyo; he earned his MFA in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he studied under John Irving. Since 1989 he has been a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.[2] [3] Wiley is professor emeritus of English and a board member of Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Wiley was a member of the UNLV English Department faculty from 1989 to 2015 and cofounded UNLV's graduate Creative Writing Program.[4]

He was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2005.[5]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Wiley, 2005. 2008-08-19. Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
  2. Web site: Richard Wiley, 2005. 2008-08-19. Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
  3. Web site: Interview with Richard Wiley. J.J. Wylie. 2008-08-19. Pif Magazine.
  4. Web site: About Us. The Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute. en-US. 2019-02-13.
  5. http://guides.library.unr.edu/nvwriters-hall-of-fame/wiley-2005