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Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Public address:

NY

New York US

Bio:

Susan Henderson is a seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee, the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Award, and the author of two novels, Up from the Blue and The Flicker of Old Dreams, both published by HarperCollins. Her latest is a Montana Book Award Honor Book and winner of the High Plains Book Award for Fiction, the WILLA Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction, the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Western Contemporary Novel, and included by This House of Books on its list of the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century. Susan is a lifetime member of the National Book Critics Circle and the NAACP. She lives in New York and blogs at the writer support group, LitPark.com.

Recent YouTube interview: https://youtu.be/WsKXArIen5k [2]

She has recent pieces in The National Book Review and the Elm Leaves Journal 150th Anniversary issue. In March 2022, she'll be a resident at the Vermont Studio Center, and in July 2022, she'll be teaching in-person fiction workshops at the Community of Writers in Olympic Valley, California.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Favorite authors:

Toni Morrison, Shirley Jackson, James Baldwin, William Gass, Kent Haruf, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ellen Gilchrist, John Steinbeck, Nikki Giovanni, Max Porter, Nicole Krauss, Ocean Vuong, Naomi Shihab Nye, Tim O’Brien, Zora Neale Hurston, Edward Hirsch, Jill Bialosky, William Maxwell, Claudia Rankine, and the Brothers Grimm.

Born in:

Palo Alto

Raised in:

Arlington, VA

Virginia

RSS feed:

http://www.litpark.com/feed/ [3]

Website:

https://www.litpark.com [4]

Prizes won:

2024, This House of Books includes The Flicker of Old Dreams on its list of Top 100 Books of the 21st Century https://thishouseofbooks.com/list/top-10... [5]

2021, One Book Billings selected The Flicker of Old Dreams

2020, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Quarantine,” published in 1455

2020, Finalist, Edith Wharton Residency at The Mount

2019, High Plains Book Award for Fiction for The Flicker of Old Dreams

2019, High Plains Book Award for Woman Writer for The Flicker of Old Dreams

2019, Willa Cather Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction for The Flicker of Old Dreams

2019, Western Writers of America Spur Award for Western Contemporary Novel for The Flicker of Old Dreams

2019, Montana Book Award (Honor Book) for The Flicker of Old Dreams

2019, Hawthornden International Fellow, a residency at Scotland’s Hawthornden Castle, funded by the Drue Heinz Trust
2017, Pushcart Prize nomination for Individual Artist award
2016, Pushcart Prize nomination for Individual Artist award
2016, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Fish with Bent Fins,” published in New World Writing
2016, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Dead Eddie,” published in Elm Leaves Journal
2010, Robert Gray of Shelf Awareness selects Up from the Blue as a Top 10 of 2010
2010, The National Reading Group selects Up from the Blue as a 2010 Great Group Reads
2009, Lojo Foundation full scholarship to attend the Squaw Valley Community of Writers
2006, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Motorhead,” published in Amazon Shorts
2004, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Not So Much Excitement Around Here,” published in The Arkansas Review
2003, Green Hills Literary Lantern Fiction Contest, judged by DeWitt Henry, Honorable Mention for “Only Green Things”
2003, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant
2002, Alsop Review Fiction Contest, First Place for “Spider Girl”
1989, Academy of American Poets Prize
1989, Adamson Award, Poetry, First Place
1989, Adamson Award, Fiction, Honorable Mention
1989, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Personal Essay, First Place

Agent/Agency name:

Gail Hochman of Brandt & Hochman Literary

What I'm reading now:

Just Us by Claudia Rankine

Writers Retreats:

Community of Writers

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Any