Michelle Huneven

Michelle Huneven
Born (1953-08-14) August 14, 1953 (age 71)
Altadena, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • journalist
NationalityAmerican
EducationIowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)
Claremont School of Theology
GenreFiction
Notable awardsWhiting Award (2002)
Website
www.michellehuneven.com

Michelle Huneven (born August 14, 1953) is an American novelist and journalist. Huneven was born and raised in Altadena, California, where she returned to live in 2001. She received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and attended the Methodist Claremont School of Theology to become a UU minister, but she quit after two years to write novels.