Elizabeth Stuckey-French

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]}

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

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]

Stuckey-French lived in Tallahassee, Florida with her husband Ned Stuckey-French and her two daughters. Ned died of cancer in June 2019.^[5]

• 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]}