Michelle Richmond
| Michelle Richmond | |
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| Born | Michelle Richmond |
| Citizenship | American |
| Notable works |
The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress The Year of Fog No One You Know |
| Notable awards |
Hillsdale Award for Fiction - 2009 Associated Writing Programs Short Fiction Award for The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress - 2000 |
| Website | |
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Michelle Richmond is an American novelist. She wrote The Year of Fog, which was a New York Times bestseller.[1]
Biography
Richmond grew up in Mobile, Alabama,[2][3][4] the second of three sisters.[5] She obtained her BA from the University of Alabama[5] and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Miami. She has taught at the University of San Francisco, the California College of the Arts, Saint Mary's College of California[3] in Moraga, at Bowling Green State University and Notre Dame de Namur University.[6] She founded Fiction Attic Press and San Francisco Journal of Books and is also a publisher.[7]
Writing career
Richmond's first book, the story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001),[8] was published by University of Massachusetts Press. Her third book, The Year of Fog (2007), originally called Ocean Beach,[3] was published by Delacorte Press[9] and was a New York Times best seller.[3][10] Her fourth book, No One You Know (2008),[11][12] was published by Delacorte Press.[13]
Richmond's book, The Year of Fog, won her acclaim including being selected as one of the best books of 2007 by Library Journal, chosen by Kirkus Reviews as a top pick for Reading Groups, was nominated for the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle award, was listed by the San Francisco Chronicle as a notable book and was a New York Times bestseller and a best selling paperback book for Bantam publishers.[1]
She currently serves as a member of the executive council of the Authors Guild.[14]
Awards and recognition
Richmond obtained the following awards for her writing:
- 2012 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for The Hero of Queens Boulevard and Other Stories from FC2.[15]
- 2011 selection of Silicon Valley Reads for The Year of Fog[16]
- Hillsdale Award for Fiction (2009).[17][18]
- Associated Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction for The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2000)[19]
- Mississippi Review Fiction Prize (2006)[6]
Personal life
Richmond resides in Northern California[2] with her husband and son.[20]
Works
- The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001)
- Dream of the Blue Room (2003)
- The Year of Fog (2007)
- No One You Know (2008)
References
- 1 2 Thornton, Matthew (2 June 2008). "Deals: Return of the Bestsellers". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Michelle Richmond". Random House. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Grant, Natalie (5 February 2011). "Michelle Richmond: Author of 'The Year of the Fog,' Reads at Los Altos Library Feb. 8". Los Altos Patch. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Well, well, well. It has been a star-studded last couple of weeks here in Mob-easy. A local gal". Mobile Magnified. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- 1 2 Kingsbury, Pam. "Running Toward the Future". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- 1 2 "International Bestselling Author To Read At Notre Dame de Namur University". Notre Dame de Namur University. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "About". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ↑ Galehouse, Maggie (9 December 2001). "Books in Brief". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "A Quick Take on New Releases for Sunday March 25, 2007". 25 March 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Paperback bestsellers: Fiction". The New York Times. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ McCay, Carla (12 June 2009). "No One You Know by Michelle Richmond". Mail Online. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Fiction Review - No One You Know". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "No One You Know". Open Library. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "People: Week of 5/3/10". Publishers Weekly. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Prizes". FC2. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Heather (21 January 2011). "The Year of Fog is this year's Silicon Valley Reads selection". Mercury News. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Awards". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Michelle Richmond-Publications and Prizes". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ↑ "Fiction Notes". 22 October 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ Cardillo, Margaret (3 January 2009). "In Praise of not knowing". Retrieved 30 April 2013.