Stacey Richter

American writer (born 1965)

Stacey Richter
Born	(1965-04-03) April 3, 1965 (age 59) Prince George's County, Maryland
Occupation	Fiction writer
Nationality	American
Subject	Fiction
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Stacey Richter is an American writer of short fiction. Richter has been the recipient of four Pushcart Prizes, a National Prize for Fiction and the National Magazine Award.^[1] Her first collection of stories, My Date with Satan was published in 1999. In 2007, Richter published her second collection, Twin Study, which includes the Pushcart Award-winning story "The Land of Pain".^[2]

Richter was born in Prince George's County, Maryland on April 3, 1965, the daughter of Valerie and Herschel Richter, a cardiologist.^[3] She was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Richter earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master's in Creative Writing from Brown University.^[3] She has resided in Tucson since 1992.^[3]

Works

Story collections

Twin Study, 2008, Counterpoint, pbk edition ISBN 978-1582433936; 2007 edition. ISBN 978-1582433714.^[4]
My Date with Satan, 1999 ISBN 0684857014^[5]

References

^ Aaron Gilbreath, "An Interview with Stacey Richter " Archived 2007-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, Portland Review Literary Journal, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2009
^ JK Mason, Interview with a Master: Stacey Richter, Our Stories, Vol. 2 Issue I, Fall 2007, retrieved 13 June 2009
^ ^a ^b ^c Vicki Cabot, "Watching – and Writing", Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, Volume 59, No. 40, June 22, 2007/Tamuz 6 5767, retrieved 13 June 2009
^ "Review of Twin Study: Stories by Stacey Richter". Publishers Weekly. January 22, 2007.
^ "Review of My Date with Satan by Stacey Richter". Kirkus Reviews. May 1999.