Michael Carroll (American writer)

Michael Carroll
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Period2010s–present
Notable worksLittle Reef
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​

Michael Carroll is an American writer. He published his debut short story collection, Little Reef, in 2014.[1] The collection, which portrays characters that, according to the UW Press, are "people stunned by the shock of the now, who have forgotten their pasts and can’t envision a future".[2] The book was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards[3] and won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[4]

His second book, Stella Maris: And Other Key West Stories, was published by Turtle Point Press in 2019.

His short stories also appeared in Ontario Review, Boulevard and The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories.[5]

Originally from Jacksonville, Florida,[6] he has been the partner of writer Edmund White since 1995.[6] Carroll and White were legally married in 2013.[5]

  1. ^ "Little Reef and Other Stories" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. New York Journal of Books.
  2. ^ Carroll, Michael (16 June 2014). UW Press: Little Reef and Other Stories. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-29740-4. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ "The 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Lambda Literary Foundation, March 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "2015 Literature Award Winners – American Academy of Arts and Letters". Archived from the original on 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  5. ^ a b "Michael Carroll: On His New Short Story Collection, the Benefits of a Spare Writing Style, and His Literary Inspirations" Archived 2019-02-21 at the Wayback Machine. Lambda Literary Foundation, July 2, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Andrew Holleran, "What Michael Carroll Writes About When He Writes About Writers" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Interview.