Emily Fridlund

Emily Fridlund is an author whose first novel, History of Wolves[1], was a finalist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction.[2] Fridlund grew up in Minnesota and has a bachelor's degree from Principia College in Illinois, an MFA in fiction from Washington University in St. Louis[3] and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California.[4] Fridlund is a senior lecturer at Cornell University in the Department of English. Her collection of stories, Catapult[5] (Sarabande, 2017), won the Mary McCarthy Prize.[6] Fridlund lives in New York.[7] Her creative writing has appeared in many journals including New Orleans Review, Southwest Review, Boston Review and ZYZZYVA.[8] In 2018, she was awarded with the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction for History of Wolves.

References

1. Ditum, Sarah (2017-02-16). "History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund review – God and grooming". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
2. "Emily Fridlund | English Faculty: Cornell Arts & Sciences". english.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
3. "Native Minnesotan writer 'didn't expect' to land on Man Booker shortlist". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
4. Gilmartin, Sarah. "History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
5. Yohannes, Neyat (2017-10-17). "Emily Fridlund's Short Fiction Is Even Weirder Than 'History of Wolves' (Yay!)". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
6. Hulbert, Ann (2017-12-12). "The Tales of 'Catapult' Pack a Punch". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
7. "Native Minnesotan writer 'didn't expect' to land on Man Booker shortlist". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
8. "Award-winning Fiction Authors Emily Fridlund, Sherry Thomas to Present at Women Writers Event". UKNow. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2019-03-13.