Emily Ruskovich (/ˈrʌskəvɪtʃ/ RUSS-kə-vitch) is an American writer who won the 2019 International Dublin literary award for her novel Idaho. She grew up in the Idaho Panhandle on Hoodoo Mountain. She graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2011 and is an assistant professor at the University of Montana where she teaches creative writing; she was formerly on the faculty of Boise State University. She lives in the mountains west of Missoula.
Bibliography
Novel
- Idaho (2017)
Short story
- Owl (2014)
- What Liesel Thinks of Horses (2014)
Work included in anthology
- The O. Henry Prize stories, 2015 (2015)
Awards
References
- "Emily Ruskovich International Dylan Thomas Prize Reading". YouTube. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- Flood, A. "'My life completely changed': debut wins world's richest prize for a novel". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- "About the Author". Emily Ruskovich. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- Doyle, Martin (12 June 2019). "Debut US author Emily Ruskovich (33) wins €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award". The Irish Times.
- B., Kustra (5 July 2019). "Real Life Influences Fiction In Emily Ruskovich's "Idaho"". Boise State Public Radio.
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