Turner House (Flournoy) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1984-85
• Rasised—southern Califonia, USA
• Education—B.A., University of Southern California; M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop
• Currently—N/A


Angela Flourny is the author of The Turner House, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, a Summer 2015 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and a New York Times Sunday Book Review Editors' Choice.

She is a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree for 2015. Her fiction has appeared in the Paris Review, and she has written for the New York Times, New Republic and Los Angeles Times.

Flournay was raised in southern California by a mother from Los Angeles and a father from Detroit where she spent summers visiting her grandparents. She received her B.A. from the University of Southern California and her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has taught at the University of Iowa and The Writer's Foundry at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn. She is joining the faculty at Southern New Hampshire University's low-residency MFA program in Spring 2016. (From the author's website.)