Alissa Nutting facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Alissa Nutting
|
|
|---|---|
Nutting at the 2017 Texas Book festival
|
|
| Born | Michigan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Florida University of Alabama (MFA) |
| Notable works | Tampa |
| Spouse | Shawn Nutting (divorced) Dean Bakopoulos (divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Alissa Nutting (born in 1980 or 1981) is an American author. She is also a creative writing professor and a television writer. Her stories and articles have appeared in many publications. These include Tin House, Fence, and BOMB. She also contributed to the fairy tale book My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.
Alissa Nutting's Early Life and Education
Alissa Nutting went to Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida. She earned her first college degree from the University of Florida. Later, she received an advanced degree in writing, called a Master of Fine Arts (MFA), from the University of Alabama. While at the University of Alabama, she worked as an editor for the Black Warrior Review. Nutting has taught creative writing at several universities. These include John Carroll University, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Grinnell College.
Her Writing Career
Nutting is the author of a collection of short stories. It is titled Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls. A famous writer named Ben Marcus chose this book as the winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction. The book was also a finalist for the 2010 ForeWord Book of the Year award. It was also a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal. This award is given to books that make people think deeply.
Nutting has explained her writing process. She said that writing from a challenging character's viewpoint was like going "under anesthesia." She would write for many hours at a time, sometimes 7 or 8 hours straight. She felt she had to make the most of these long sessions. She also mentioned that it took her a while to be able to talk normally again after writing. Her publishers and editors understood that her stories needed to be written in a specific way. They did not ask her to change her writing style.
She also contributed to another book called The &NOW Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing. Her work has been featured in many well-known publications. These include The Norton Introduction to Literature, Fence, Tin House, and The New York Times. Her writing has also appeared in Bomb, Conduit, and O: The Oprah Magazine.
In April 2021, a television show based on her book Made for Love began airing. The show was called Made for Love and premiered on HBO Max. It ran for two seasons. The show ended in July 2022. This happened after HBO Max's parent company, WarnerMedia, merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery.
Personal Life
Alissa Nutting has one child, a daughter named Sparrow Jane.
Images for kids
-
Nutting at the 2017 Texas Book festival
