Emily Raboteau
Emily Raboteau is an American fiction writer, essayist, and City College of New York professor who grew up in New Jersey, received a MFA from New York University and whose first novel The Professor's Daughter was published in 2005.[1] Her second book, Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora, a work of creative nonfiction, was published in 2013.
Career
Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Oxford American, The Believer, Guernica, Best American Short Stories,[2] Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best American Mystery Stories and Best African American Essays. She has received the Pushcart Prize, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[2][3]
Personal life
Raboteau is married to novelist Victor Lavalle and lives in New York City.[4]
References
- ^ "Macmillan Books: Author: Emily Raboteau, Macmillan :: Augusten Burroughs". Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ a b "The Structure of Bubbles". Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "NEA Writers' Corner". Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ Scelfo, Julie (2010-04-07). "A Writer Gets a Home Office of Her Own". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
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