Morgan Talty facts for kids
Morgan Talty (born in 1991) is a writer from the Penobscot people. He teaches creative writing and Native American literature at the University of Maine in Orono.
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About Morgan Talty
His Early Life and School
Morgan Talty was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He lived there until he was six years old. Then, he and his mother moved to the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine. He lived there until he was eighteen. Morgan started learning about creative writing in community college. He later graduated from Dartmouth College and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing.
His Writing Career
Morgan Talty teaches writing at the Stonecoast program and at the University of Maine. His stories and articles have been in many well-known magazines. Some of these include Narrative Magazine, Granta, and The Georgia Review.
Night of the Living Rez Book
Talty's first book is called Night of the Living Rez. It was published on July 5, 2022. This book got a lot of attention from newspapers and magazines. It received excellent reviews from Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly even said it was one of the top ten fiction books of 2022.
Night of the Living Rez also won several important awards. It won the New England Book Award for Fiction. It was also a runner-up for the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. In 2023, it won the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle. This award is given to the best first book by an author. It was also a finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
His Family Life
Morgan Talty is married. He has one son named Charlie.
