| Elizabeth Stuckey-French | |
|---|---|
| Born | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist, fiction Writer |
| Genre | Creative fiction |
| Notable works | "Electric Wizard," "Mudlavia," The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa, "Revenge of the Radioactive Lady" |
| Spouse | Ned Stuckey-French |
| Website | |
| elizabethstuckeyfrench | |
 Literature portal | |
Elizabeth Stuckey-French is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor.
Early life and education
Stuckey-French was born in Little Rock. She grew up in the town of Lafayette, Indiana.
She graduated from Purdue University and was founding editor of the Sycamore Review. She was a James A. Michener Fellow at the Iowa Writers Workshop; she graduated with an MFA in 1992.
Career
Stucky-French's stories have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Five Points, Narr ative. She teaches creative writing at Florida State University.
Reception
Richard Russo, in his commentary about the selections in the 2005 O. Henry anthology, called Stuckey-French's "Mudlavia", "the one that burrowed deepest under my skin". He praised the "simplicity of its storytelling; the way its private and public stories play off each other; its fond, gentle humor; the heartbreaking, hard-won wisdom of its narrator."
Personal life
Stuckey-French lived in Tallahassee, Florida with her husband Ned Stuckey-French and her two daughters. Ned died of cancer in June 2019.
Awards
- 2005 O. Henry Award for the story "Mudlavia", cited by juror Richard Russo
- 2004–2005 Howard Foundation grant
- Indiana Arts Foundation grant
- Florida Arts Foundation grant
Works
Short stories
- "Junior," The Atlantic, April 1996
- "Electric Wizard," The Atlantic, June 1998
- "Mudlavia," The Atlantic, September 2003
- The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa. Doubleday. 2000. ISBN 978-0-385-49893-7.
- Tenderloin and other stories. 1992.
Novels
- Mermaids on the Moon. Doubleday. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7862-4857-5.
- Mudlavia, Doubleday
- The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, Doubleday, 2011
- Where Wicked Starts, 2014
Anthologies
- Michael Wilkerson; Deborah Galyan, eds. (1990). "Blessing". New territory: contemporary Indiana fiction. Indiana University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-253-20595-7.
Elizabeth Stuckey-French.
Non-fiction
- Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French (2007). Writing fiction: a guide to narrative craft. Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-0-321-38414-0.
References
- "Unfutura". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- Stuckey-French, Elizabeth (August 15, 2008). "Interview with a Moron by Elizabeth Stuckey-French". Narrative Magazine.
- "The English Department at Florida State University". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com.
- Davidson-Hiers, C. D. "'Ned worked at bringing people home': Memorial held for FSU professor Ned Stuckey-French". Tallahassee Democrat.
- "03-113 (Howard Foundation)". www.brown.edu.
External links
- Official website
- "Wise Kids, Childish Adults: A conversation with Elizabeth Stuckey-French", The Nation, June 11, 1998
- "Aimee Bender and Elizabeth Stuckey-French", Beatrice Interview