Emily Fridlund
American novelist and academic
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Emily Fridlund is an author and academic best known for her novel History of Wolves.
Washington University in St. Louis (MFA)
University of Southern California (Ph.D)
Emily Fridlund | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979-80 (age 46–47)[1] |
| Occupations | Author, professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Principia College (B.A.) Washington University in St. Louis (MFA) University of Southern California (Ph.D) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Main interests | Creative writing, 20th-century and contemporary American and British literature, gender studies |
| Writing career | |
| Notable works | History of Wolves |
| Notable awards | Man Booker Prize (shortlist, 2017) PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction Mary McCarthy Prize |
| Website | |
| emilyfridlundbooks.com (archive version) | |
Personal life
Fridlund grew up in Edina, Minnesota.
She has a bachelor's degree from Principia College in Illinois, an MFA in fiction from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California.[1][2]
She currently lives in New York. She is married, and has one child.[1]
Career
Fridlund is an assistant professor at Cornell University in the Department of English.[3]
Fridlund's debut novel, History of Wolves, was a finalist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize (one of six novels to be named to the shortlist) and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction.[4][5] In 2018, History of Wolves won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.
Her 2017 collection of short stories, Catapult, won the Mary McCarthy Prize.[6][7]
Her creative writing has appeared in many journals including New Orleans Review, Southwest Review, Boston Review and ZYZZYVA.[8]