Sport of Kings (Morgan) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—1976
• Where—Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Education—B.M., Berea College; Th.M., Harvard Divinity School
• Awards—Whiting Award (more below)
• Currently—lives in Berea, Kentucky


Catherine Elaine Morgan is an American author of the novels, The Sport of Kings (2016) and All the Living (2009) She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. As an undergraduate, she studied voice at Berea College, a tuition-free labor college for students from poor and working-class backgrounds in Appalachia. In exchange for a free education, all students work for the college while enrolled. Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School, where she studied literature and religion and attained her Masters in Theology. While at Harvard, she wrote her first novel, All the Living. She lives in Berea, Kentucky, with her husband.

Recognition and Awards
2009 - National Book Foundation "5 under 35" Award
2010 - Lannan Literary Fellowship
2012 - United States Artists Fellow Award
2013 - Whiting Award
2016 - Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes (Fiction)
2016 - Kirkus Prize (Fiction)
2017 - Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2017 - Finalist, James Tait Black Prize for Fiction
2017 - Finalist, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (former Orange Prize)
2017 - Finalist, Rathbones Folio Prize
2017 - Longlist, Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 
(Author Bio dapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 5/29/2017.)