Lily King
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Lily King | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 57–58) United States |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
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Lily King (born 1963) is an American novelist.
Early life[]
Mia grew up in Massachusetts and received a B.A. in English literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.A. in creative writing from Syracuse University. She has taught English and creative writing at several universities and high schools.
Work[]
King’s first novel, The Pleasing Hour (1999), won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award and was a New York Times Notable Book and an alternate for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her second, The English Teacher, was a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year, a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year, and the winner of the Maine Fiction Award. Her third novel, Father of the Rain (2010), was a New York Times Editors Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Novel of the Year, and winner of the and the .
King's fourth novel, Euphoria (2014), was inspired by events in the life of anthropologist Margaret Mead.[1] It won the inaugural Kirkus Prize for Fiction[2] and the 2014 New England Book Award for Fiction,[3] and was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award.[4] Euphoria was listed among The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2014,[1] TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2014,[5] and the Amazon Best Books of 2014.
King is the recipient of a and a Whiting Award. Her short fiction has appeared in literary magazines, including Ploughshares and Glimmer Train, as well as in anthologies.
Awards[]
- 2014 Kirkus Prize for Fiction winner for Euphoria[2]
- 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for Euphoria[4]
- 2014 New England Book Award for Fiction winner for Euphoria[3]
- 2010 Maine Fiction Award for “Father of the Rain”
- 2010 New England Book Award for “Father of the Rain”
- 2005 Maine Fiction Award for “The English Teacher”
- 2000 Whiting Award
- 1999 Barnes and Noble Discover Award for “The Pleasing Hour”
- 1995 MacDowell Fellowship
Works[]
- The Pleasing Hour: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. 2000. ISBN 978-0-7432-0164-3.
- The English Teacher: A Novel. Atlantic Monthly Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-87113-897-2.
Lily King.
- Father of the Rain: A Novel, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 2010 ISBN 978-0-8021-1949-0
- Euphoria, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014
- Writers & Lovers, Grove Press, 2020
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Eakin, Emily (6 June 2014). "Going Native: Euphoria, by Lily King". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2014 Winner: Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "New England Book Awards". New England Independent Booksellers Association. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Alter, Alexandra (12 March 2015). "Lila' Honored as Top Fiction by National Book Critics Circle". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Grossman, Lev (2 December 2014). "Top 10 Everything of 2014: Top 10 Fiction Books". Time. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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- Syracuse University alumni
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