C. E. Morgan (born 1976) is an American author.20 Under 40 Fiction Q. & A.: C. E. Morgan, The New Yorker, June 10, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2010. She was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Sport of Kings, winner of the 2016 Kirkus Prize and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, and in 2009 was named a 5 under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation.
Biography As an undergraduate, Morgan studied voice at Berea College, a tuition-free labor college for students from poor and working-class backgrounds in Appalachia. In exchange for a free education, all students work for the college while enrolled.Berea College Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School, where she studied literature and religion. She wrote All the Living while at Harvard.Wilson, Amy. A Profile of Morgan Lexington Herald, May 17, 2009. She lives in Kentucky.
Awards and honors 2009 National Book Foundation "5 under 35" award 2010 Lannan Literary FellowshipLannan Foundation - Literary Awards and Fellowships . Retrieved October 13, 2010 2012 United States Artists Fellow award United States Artists Official Website 2013 Whiting Award $50,000 Awards Go to 10 Writers 2016 Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes (Fiction) 2016 Kirkus Prize (Fiction) 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist
Bibliography
Novels All the Living (2009) The Sport of Kings (2016)
Short stories "Over by Christmas", The New York Times, December 24, 2008 "Twins", The New Yorker, June 14–21, 2010 "My Friend, Nothing Is In Vain", Oxford American, Spring 2014
Essays and other writings "Foreword", Light in August by William Faulkner (Modern Library, 2002) "Introduction", A Circle in the Fire & Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor (Folio Society, 2013)
References
External links An Interview with Morgan 5 Great Books Chosen by Morgan