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'''Michelle Richmond''' is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She wrote ''The Year of Fog'', which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller,<ref name="Thornton">{{Cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/16062-deals-return-of-the-bestsellers.html#path/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/16062-deals-return-of-the-bestsellers.html |title=Deals: Return of the Bestsellers |first=Matthew |last=Thornton |date=2 June 2008 |work=] |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> ''The Marriage Pact'', which was a Sunday Times bestseller,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=The Sunday |title=The Sunday Times Bestsellers, January 14 |newspaper=] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-sunday-times-bestsellers-january-14-sjcdbm2sh |access-date=2022-07-21 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and six other books of fiction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michelle Richmond |url=https://groveatlantic.com/author/michelle-richmond/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Grove Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>


==Biography==
'''Michelle Richmond''' is a fiction writer and essayist.
Richmond grew up in ],<ref name="Random">{{Cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/author/25502/michelle-richmond?sort=best_13wk_3month |title=Michelle Richmond |work=Random House |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="Grant"/><ref name="Magnified">{{Cite web |url=http://classic.lagniappemobile.com/article.asp?articleID=1238&sid |title=Well, well, well. It has been a star-studded last couple of weeks here in Mob-easy |issue=125 |date=1 June 2009 |work=Mobile Magnified |accessdate=2 May 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504134601/http://classic.lagniappemobile.com/article.asp?articleID=1238&sid |archivedate=May 4, 2015}}</ref> the second of three sisters.<ref name="Kingsbury">{{Cite web |url=http://www.southernscribe.com/zine/authors/Richmond_Michelle.htm |title=Running Toward the Future: An Interview with Michelle Richmond |last=Kingsbury |first=Pam |work=Southern Scribe |year=2003 |accessdate=1 May 2013}}</ref> She obtained her BA from the ]<ref name="Kingsbury"/> and ] from the ], where she was a James Michener Fellow. She has taught at the ], the ], ]<ref name="Grant"/> in Moraga, at ] and ].<ref name="NDNU">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndnu.edu/public-relations/ndnu-news/news-richmond-reading.aspx |title=International Bestselling Author To Read At Notre Dame de Namur University |date=28 March 2012 |work=Notre Dame de Namur University |accessdate=2 May 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403033502/http://www.ndnu.edu/public-relations/ndnu-news/news-richmond-reading.aspx |archivedate=April 3, 2013}}</ref> She founded Fiction Attic Press<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-10-11 |title=Fiction Attic Press: About {{!}} Fiction Attic Press |url=http://fictionattic.com/about/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=fictionattic.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and San Francisco Journal of Books and is also a publisher.<ref name="SFJ">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfjournalofbooks.com/about/ |title=About |website=San Francisco Journal of Books |accessdate=1 May 2013}}</ref>


==Writing career==
Richmond's first book, the story collection ], won the Associated Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction in 2000 and was published by University of Massachusetts Press in 2001. Her first novel, '']'', was published by MacAdam/Cage in 2003. Her second novel, '''The Year of Fog''', published by Delacorte in 2007, was a New York Times best seller and a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Newmarket Films acquired the film rights to The Year of Fog.
Richmond's first book, the story collection '']'' (2001),<ref name="Galehouse">{{Cite news |last=Galehouse |first=Maggie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/books/books-in-brief-fiction-poetry-430099.html |newspaper=] |title=Books in Brief: The Girl In The Fall-Away Dress |date=9 December 2001 |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> was published by the ]. Her third book, '']'' (2007), originally called ''Ocean Beach'',<ref name="Grant">{{Cite web |url=http://losaltos.patch.com/articles/michelle-richmond-author-of-the-year-of-the-fog-reads-at-los-altos-library-feb-8 |title=Michelle Richmond: Author of 'The Year of the Fog,' Reads at Los Altos Library Feb. 8 |last=Grant |first=Natalie |date=5 February 2011 |work=Los Altos Patch |accessdate=30 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130616085649/http://losaltos.patch.com/articles/michelle-richmond-author-of-the-year-of-the-fog-reads-at-los-altos-library-feb-8 |archivedate=16 June 2013 }}</ref> was published by Delacorte Press<ref name="Delacorte">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/daily/graphics/media_mix/032507/032507.html |title=A Quick Take on New Releases for Sunday March 25, 2007 |date=25 March 2007 |newspaper=] |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> and was a New York Times best seller.<ref name="Grant"/><ref name="Paperback">{{Cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E4DD103AF93BA25756C0A96E9C8B63 |newspaper=] |title=Paperback bestsellers: Fiction |date=18 May 2008 |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> Her fourth book, ''No One You Know'' (2008),<ref name="Publishers">{{Cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-34013-7#path/978-0-385-34013-7 |title=Fiction Review - ''No One You Know'' |work=]|accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> was published by Delacorte Press.<ref name="Open Library">{{Cite book |title=''No One You Know'' |ol = 16702387M}}</ref> Her 2017 novel ''The Marriage Pact'' was a selection of the UK's ] and was published in 30 languages<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Marriage Pact in Translation |url=http://michellerichmond.com/marriage-pact-translation/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Michelle Richmond |language=en-US}}</ref> Her 2014 story collection ''Hum'' received the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michelle Richmond {{!}} FC2 |url=https://www.fc2.org/authors/richmond/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, Grove Atlantic published her novel ''The Wonder Test''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyall |first=Sarah |date=2021-07-30 |title=Repression, Obsession, Murder |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/books/new-thrillers.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Richmond's book, ''The Year of Fog'', won her acclaim including being selected as one of the best books of 2007 by '']'', chosen by Kirkus Reviews as a top pick for Reading Groups, was nominated for the ] award, was listed by the '']'' as a notable book and was a ''New York Times'' bestseller and a best selling paperback book for Bantam publishers.<ref name="Thornton"/>

She served on the board of the ]<ref name="Council">{{Cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/43032-people-week-of-5-3-10.html#path/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/43032-people-week-of-5-3-10.html |title=People: Week of 5/3/10 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=3 May 2010 |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> from 2010 to 2022.

==Awards and recognition==
Richmond obtained the following awards for her writing:

* 2022 Hall Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall-Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing {{!}} Troy University |url=https://www.troy.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-communication-fine-arts/departments/english/hall-waters-prize.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.troy.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* 2018 Truman Capote Prize<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haskins |first=Shelly |date=2018-04-15 |title=Alabama native wins 2018 Truman Capote Prize |url=https://www.al.com/opinion/2018/04/alabama_native_wins_2018_capot.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=al |language=en}}</ref>
* 2012 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for ''The Hero of Queens Boulevard and Other Stories'' from ].<ref name="Prizes">{{Cite web |url=http://www.fc2.org/prizes.html |title=Prizes |work=FC2 |accessdate=1 May 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222231510/http://www.fc2.org/prizes.html |archivedate=February 22, 2014}}</ref>
* 2011 selection of Silicon Valley Reads for ''The Year of Fog''<ref name="Zimmerman">{{Cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/cambrian/ci_17222533 |title=''The Year of Fog'' is this year's Silicon Valley Reads selection |first=Heather |last=Zimmerman |date=21 January 2011 |newspaper=] |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref>
* ] (2009).<ref name="Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://thefsw.org/page/awards/ |title=Awards |work=The Fellowship of Southern Writers |accessdate=30 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702001131/http://thefsw.org/page/awards |archivedate=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="PW">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pw.org/content/michelle_richmond |title=Michelle Richmond-Publications and Prizes |work=Poets & Writers |accessdate=1 May 2013}}</ref>
* ] for Short Fiction for ''The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress'' (2000)<ref name="Notes">{{Cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20011022/27091-fiction-notes.html#path/pw/print/20011022/27091-fiction-notes.html |title=Fiction Notes |work=Publishers Weekly |volume=248 |issue=43 |date=22 October 2001 |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref>
* Mississippi Review Fiction Prize (2006)<ref name="NDNU"/>

==Personal life==
Richmond resides in Northern California<ref name="Random"/> with her husband and son.<ref name="Cardillo">{{Cite web |url=http://therumpus.net/2009/01/in-praise-of-not-knowing/ |title=In Praise of not knowing |last=Cardillo |first=Margaret |date=3 January 2009 |work=therumpus.net |accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref>

==Works==
* '']'' (2001)
* ''Dream of the Blue Room'' (2003)
* '']'' (2007)
* ''No One You Know'' (2008)
* ''Hum'' (2010)
* ''Golden State'' (2014)
* ''The Marriage Pact'' (2017)
* ''The Wonder Test'' (2021)

==References==
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American novelist
Michelle Richmond
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • short story writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Alabama (BA)
University of Miami (MFA)
Notable awardsAWP Award (2000)
Website
www.michellerichmond.com

Michelle Richmond is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She wrote The Year of Fog, which was a New York Times bestseller, The Marriage Pact, which was a Sunday Times bestseller, and six other books of fiction.

Biography

Richmond grew up in Mobile, Alabama, the second of three sisters. She obtained her BA from the University of Alabama and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Miami, where she was a James Michener Fellow. She has taught at the University of San Francisco, the California College of the Arts, Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, at Bowling Green State University and Notre Dame de Namur University. She founded Fiction Attic Press and San Francisco Journal of Books and is also a publisher.

Writing career

Richmond's first book, the story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001), was published by the University of Massachusetts Press. Her third book, The Year of Fog (2007), originally called Ocean Beach, was published by Delacorte Press and was a New York Times best seller. Her fourth book, No One You Know (2008), was published by Delacorte Press. Her 2017 novel The Marriage Pact was a selection of the UK's Richard and Judy Book Club and was published in 30 languages Her 2014 story collection Hum received the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. In 2021, Grove Atlantic published her novel The Wonder Test.

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.

She served on the board of the Authors Guild from 2010 to 2022.

Awards and recognition

Richmond obtained the following awards for her writing:

  • 2022 Hall Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing
  • 2018 Truman Capote Prize
  • 2012 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for The Hero of Queens Boulevard and Other Stories from FC2.
  • 2011 selection of Silicon Valley Reads for The Year of Fog
  • Hillsdale Award for Fiction (2009).
  • Associated Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction for The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2000)
  • Mississippi Review Fiction Prize (2006)

Personal life

Richmond resides in Northern California with her husband and son.

Works

References

  1. ^ Thornton, Matthew (2 June 2008). "Deals: Return of the Bestsellers". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. Times, The Sunday. "The Sunday Times Bestsellers, January 14". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  3. "Michelle Richmond". Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  4. ^ "Michelle Richmond". Random House. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  5. ^ Grant, Natalie (5 February 2011). "Michelle Richmond: Author of 'The Year of the Fog,' Reads at Los Altos Library Feb. 8". Los Altos Patch. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  6. "Well, well, well. It has been a star-studded last couple of weeks here in Mob-easy". Mobile Magnified. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  7. ^ Kingsbury, Pam (2003). "Running Toward the Future: An Interview with Michelle Richmond". Southern Scribe. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  8. ^ "International Bestselling Author To Read At Notre Dame de Namur University". Notre Dame de Namur University. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  9. "Fiction Attic Press: About | Fiction Attic Press". fictionattic.com. 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  10. "About". San Francisco Journal of Books. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  11. Galehouse, Maggie (9 December 2001). "Books in Brief: The Girl In The Fall-Away Dress". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  12. "A Quick Take on New Releases for Sunday March 25, 2007". The Washington Post. 25 March 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  13. "Paperback bestsellers: Fiction". The New York Times. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  14. "Fiction Review - No One You Know". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  15. No One You Know. OL 16702387M.
  16. "The Marriage Pact in Translation". Michelle Richmond. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  17. "Michelle Richmond | FC2". Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  18. Lyall, Sarah (2021-07-30). "Repression, Obsession, Murder". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  19. "People: Week of 5/3/10". Publishers Weekly. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  20. "Hall-Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing | Troy University". www.troy.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  21. Haskins, Shelly (2018-04-15). "Alabama native wins 2018 Truman Capote Prize". al. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  22. "Prizes". FC2. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  23. Zimmerman, Heather (21 January 2011). "The Year of Fog is this year's Silicon Valley Reads selection". Mercury News. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  24. "Awards". The Fellowship of Southern Writers. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  25. "Michelle Richmond-Publications and Prizes". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  26. "Fiction Notes". Publishers Weekly. 22 October 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  27. Cardillo, Margaret (3 January 2009). "In Praise of not knowing". therumpus.net. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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