Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Encyclopedia
Life
Stuckey-French was born on Sept. 2nd, 1958 in Little Rock. She grew up in the town of Lafayette, IN.She graduated from Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
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.
Her stories have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Five Points, Narrative.
She teaches Creative Writing at Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
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She lives now in Tallahassee, FL with her husband Ned Stuckey-French and her two daughters. She loves to read and write.
Her website is http://www.elizabethstuckeyfrench.com
Awards
- 2005 O. Henry AwardO. Henry AwardThe O. Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American master of the form, O. Henry....
for the story "Mudlavia," cited by juror Richard RussoRichard RussoRichard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher.-Early life and education:Russo was born in Johnstown, New York, and raised in nearby Gloversville... - 2004-2005 Howard Foundation grant
- Indiana Arts Foundation grant
- Florida Arts Foundation grant
Short Stories
- "Junior," The Atlantic, April 1996
- "Electric Wizard," The Atlantic, June 1998
- "Mudlavia," The Atlantic, September 2003
Review
Richard RussoRichard Russo
Richard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher.-Early life and education:Russo was born in Johnstown, New York, and raised in nearby Gloversville...
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."