Morgan Talty facts for kids
Morgan Talty, born in 1991, is a talented writer from the Penobscot Nation. He is also a professor at the University of Maine in Orono. He teaches students about creative writing and Native American stories.
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Early Life and School
Morgan Talty was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. When he was six years old, he moved with his mother to the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine. He lived there until he was eighteen. He started learning about creative writing at a community college. Later, he went to Dartmouth College and then to the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing to continue his studies.
His Work as a Writer and Teacher
Morgan Talty teaches writing at the Stonecoast program and at the University of Maine. His stories and writings have been featured in well-known magazines. These include Narrative Magazine, Granta, RED INK, and The Georgia Review.
Night of the Living Rez
Morgan Talty's first book is called Night of the Living Rez. It was released on July 5, 2022, by Tin House Books. This book became very popular and was talked about in many magazines.
Night of the Living Rez received excellent reviews. It earned starred reviews from Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly even named it one of the top ten fiction books of 2022. The book won the 2022 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 in any genre. The book was also a finalist for The Story Prize and was shortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
About His Family
Morgan Talty is married. He has one son named Charlie.
Awards and Recognitions
Morgan Talty has received many awards for his writing.
- In 2021, he won the Narrative Prize.
- His book Night of the Living Rez won several awards in 2022 and 2023.
- It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for the John Leonard Prize in 2022.
- It also won the New England Book Award for Fiction in 2022.
- In 2023, Night of the Living Rez won the Maine Literary Award for Fiction.
- It also won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction in 2023.
- His book Fire Exit was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the New England Book Award in 2024.
