Kelly Luce is an American fiction writer and editor. She is the author of the short story collection Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail and the novel Pull Me Under.[1] In 2016 she was named a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.[2] She has contributed writing to New York Magazine,[3]The Sun,[4] The Southern Review,[5] and The Chicago Tribune,[6] and the New England Review.[7]
Luce's story collection, Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail, was awarded Foreword Review's Editor's Choice Prize for Fiction[8] as well as the IPBA Ben Franklin Award for Best First Book.[9] It was published by A Strange Object and released in the US in 2013.[10] A Chinese translation was published in 2021.[11] A short film by Kevin Berlandi, "Hana Sasaki's Tail," adapted from the collection, premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2016.[12]
Luce's debut novel, Pull Me Under, was a Book of the Month Club selection[13] and one of Elle magazine's Best Books of the year.[14] The New York Times said the novel "wastes no time grabbing our attention,"[15] The Chicago Tribune called it "a splendid long hike,"[16] and O, the Oprah Magazine said "it will bewitch you."[17] NPR named it a favorite book of the year and "a suspense novel with a female protagonist that gets more right about women than so many others I've read."[18] It was published by in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on November 1, 2016,[19] and was released in the UK in 2017,[20] with translated editions in Japan, Poland, and Italy.[21]
Biography
editLuce was born in Brookfield, Illinois. She studied Cognitive Science at Northwestern University,[1] after which she moved to Kawasaki, Japan, followed by Tokushima, Japan. During her time in Japan she spent a week in jail under a false accusation of shoplifting.[3] She received an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers in 2015. In addition to her writing, she works as a literary magazine editor with Electric Literature.[22] She currently lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.[1]
Awards and honors
edit- Wachtmeister Award for Literary Excellence, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 2023[23]
- Tennessee Arts Commission Literary Fellowship, 2022[24]
- The Corporation at Yaddo fellowship, 2019[25]
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, 2016-2017
- MacDowell Colony Fellow, 2009, 2010, 2018[26]
- Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, Illumine Award for Emerging Writer, 2014[27]
- Ucross Foundation Fellowship, 2015[28]
- James A. Michener Fellow in Writing, 2012–2015[29]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kelly Luce | About the Author".
- ^ "Kelly Luce". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
- ^ a b Luce, Kelly (18 November 2016). "Truth, Lies, and Videotape at the Kawasaki Kmart". The Vindicated.
- ^ "The Sun Magazine | Stop Hitting Yourself | By Kelly Luce | Issue 501". The Sun Magazine.
- ^ "The Southern Review : Contributors: Kelly Luce". thesouthernreview.org.
- ^ Short Stories from Printers Row, Volume One. Agate Publishing. August 27, 2013. ISBN 9781572844629 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Ume | By Kelly Luce". New England Review. July 31, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Foreword INDIES Winners". www.forewordreviews.com.
- ^ Swanson, Clare. "BEA 2014: IBPA Reveals 2014 Benjamin Franklin Winners". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ^ Luce, Kelly (2013). Three scenarios in which Hana Sasaki grows a tail : stories. Austin, Texas. ISBN 978-0-9892759-1-0. OCLC 860995968.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mazzone, Devon; Hoover, Amber. "FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS GUIDE".
- ^ "Cannes Interview: Kevin Berlandi talks HANA SASAKI'S TAIL". www.diginmag.com. November 17, 2016.
- ^ "Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce | Book of the Month". www.bookofthemonth.com.
- ^ "The 33 Best Books of 2016". ELLE. December 7, 2016.
- ^ Williams, John (30 November 2016). "Books by Clare Beams, Hans Herbert Grimm, April Ayers Lawson and Kelly Luce (Published 2016)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Kelly Luce's 'Pull Me Under' tells of the darkness inside". Chicago Tribune. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03.
- ^ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250141248/pullmeunder
- ^ "Coming To Terms With A Bloody Past In 'Pull Me Under'". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26.
- ^ Luce, Kelly (November 2016). Pull Me Under: A Novel. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0374238582.
- ^ Luce, Kelly (2017). Pull Me Under. Daunt Books. ISBN 978-1-911547-06-8. OCLC 980367786.
- ^ Za toba: Luce, Kelly: 9788328046283: Books. ASIN 8328046288.
- ^ "Masthead". Electric Literature.
- ^ "Kelly Luce Named 2023 Wachtmeister Award Winner". January 24, 2023.
- ^ Goldston, Jason (August 11, 2022). "FY23 Independent Artist Fellowship in Literature Winners". Tennessee Arts Commission.
- ^ Yaddo Annual Report 2019 (PDF) (Report). 2019.
- ^ "Kelly Luce - Artist". MacDowell.
- ^ Ealy, Charles. "Authors Wright, Magnuson to be honored at Illumine Awards". Austin American-Statesman.
- ^ "Ucross Foundation - Literature Alumni". UCROSS.
- ^ "Books – Michener Center for Writers".