Emma Cline | |
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 Cline in 2022 | |
| Born | c. 1989 Sonoma County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, writer |
| Education | Middlebury College Columbia University (MFA)[1] |
| Notable works | The Girls |
| Notable awards | 2014 Plimpton Prize[2] |
Emma Cline is an American writer and novelist from California.[3] She published her first novel, The Girls, in 2016, to positive reviews. The book was shortlisted for the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle[4] and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.[5] Her story collection, Daddy, was published in 2020, and her second novel, The Guest, was published in 2023. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Tin House, Granta, and The Paris Review. In 2017, Cline was named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists, and Forbes named her one of their "30 Under 30 in Media". She is a recipient of the Plimpton Prize and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
- ^ "Recent Grad Emma Cline ('13) Nets Major Book Deal". Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Emma Cline Wins Plimpton Prize; Ben Lerner Wins Terry Southern Prize". The Paris Review. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Kachka, Boris (9 October 2014). "13 Things to Know About Emma Cline and Her $2 Million Manson-Family Novel". Vulture. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "National Book Critics Circle: Announcing the #NBCCLeonard Award Finalists - Critical Mass Blog". bookcritics.org. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ "The Center for Fiction". centerforfiction.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.