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Katherine Faw Morris

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Katherine Faw (born July 17, 1983), formerly Katherine Faw Morris, is an American writer. Young God, her debut novel, was long-listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize [1] and named a best book of the year by The Times Literary Supplement, The Houston Chronicle,[2] and BuzzFeed.[3]

In the Guardian,[4] Eimear McBride wrote Young God was “likely to leave even the sturdiest stunned.” Elle[5] called it “seductive…Reading Young God is like having a bottle rocket go off in your hands.” Faw was born in Wilkesboro, NC.[6] She lives in Brooklyn, NY.[7]

Publications

Young God. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2014.

Ultraluminous. MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Longlist 2014 (27 books)". www.goodreads.com.
  2. ^ "The best books of 2014". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. ^ "The 24 Best Fiction Books Of 2014". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  4. ^ McBride, Eimear (16 July 2014). "Eimear McBride on Young God by Katherine Faw Morris". the Guardian.
  5. ^ "Katherine Faw Morris's 'Young God' Is a Pure Adrenaline Rush". ELLE. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  6. ^ "With her first novel, Wilkes County native Katherine Faw Morris turns to home". charlotteobserver. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  7. ^ "'All 13-Year-Olds Are Feral Creatures': An Interview with Author Katherine Faw Morris". Vice. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 2018-03-21.