Stacey Richter Explained

Stacey Richter
Birth Date:	April 3, 1965
Website:	http://staceyrichter.com

Stacey Richter is an American writer of short fiction. Richter has been the recipient of four Pushcart Prizes, a National Prize for Fiction and the National Magazine Award.^[1] Her first collection of stories, My Date with Satan was published in 1999. In 2007, Richter published her second collection, Twin Study, which includes the Pushcart Award-winning story "The Land of Pain".^[2]

Richter was born in Prince George's County, Maryland on April 3, 1965, the daughter of Valerie and Herschel Richter, a cardiologist.^[3] She was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Richter earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master's in Creative Writing from Brown University.^[3] She has resided in Tucson since 1992.^[3]

Works

Story collections

• Twin Study, 2008, Counterpoint, pbk edition ; Book: 2007 edition. 978-1582433714. ^[4]
• My Date with Satan, 1999 ^[5]

External links

Interviews

• Fringe interview with Elizabeth Stark
• NPR interview with Robrt Pela
• Short Story: "My Date With Satan" on Fictionaut

Notes and References

1. Aaron Gilbreath, "An Interview with Stacey Richter ", Portland Review Literary Journal, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2009
2. JK Mason, Interview with a Master: Stacey Richter, Our Stories, Vol. 2 Issue I, Fall 2007, retrieved 13 June 2009
3. Vicki Cabot, "Watching – and Writing", Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, Volume 59, No. 40, June 22, 2007/Tamuz 6 5767, retrieved 13 June 2009
4. Web site: Review of Twin Study: Stories by Stacey Richter. Publishers Weekly. January 22, 2007.
5. Web site: Review of My Date with Satan by Stacey Richter. Kirkus Reviews. May 1999.