Elizabeth Stuckey-French

American short story writer and novelist

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.com
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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.^{[citation needed]}

She graduated from Purdue University and was founding editor of the Sycamore Review.^[1] She was a James A. Michener Fellow at the Iowa Writers Workshop; she graduated with an MFA in 1992.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Stucky-French's stories have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Five Points,^{[citation needed]} Narr ative.^[2] She teaches creative writing at Florida State University.^[3]

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."^[4]

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.^[5]

Awards

2005 O. Henry Award for the story "Mudlavia", cited by juror Richard Russo^{[citation needed]}
2004–2005 Howard Foundation grant^[6]
Indiana Arts Foundation grant^{[citation needed]}
Florida Arts Foundation grant^{[citation needed]}

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