Eowyn Ivey
Eowyn Ivey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51)[1] |
| Education | Western Washington University (BA) |
Eowyn Ivey (born 1973) is an American author based in Alaska. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for her debut novel The Snow Child.
Life and career
[edit]Ivey was raised in Alaska.[2][3] Her mother named her after Éowyn, a character from The Lord of the Rings.[3] She attended Palmer High School and studied at Western Washington University in Bellingham.[1]
Ivey was a newspaper reporter at the Frontiersman in Wasilla for a decade before quitting her job to work as bookseller at Fireside Books in Palmer[4] in order to focus on writing novels.[1] Her first novel, The Snow Child, is set in 1920s Alaska. The book is centered around a couple called Jack and Mabel who begin seeing a girl running through the Alaskan wilderness after they sculpt a child out of snow.[3]
Her second book, To the Bright Edge of the World is set in 1885 and also in Alaska. The story is told through journal entries, military reports, letters and documents. The plot follows an expedition funded by the US government into the Alaskan wilderness.[5] Although a fictional account, Ivey drew inspiration from the official reports of Henry Tureman Allen's 1885 exploration of Alaska and the diaries of his expedition members.[6][7]
Ivey has also written essays which have appeared in publications such as The Observer, Alaska Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, Woman & Home,[8] and The Wall Street Journal.
She lives in Alaska with her husband and two children.[6]
Recognition
[edit]- 2012 - Specsavers National Book Awards for International Author of the Year for The Snow Child[9]
- 2013 - Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Snow Child[10]
- 2013 - Indies Choice Book Awards for Adult debut book of the year for The Snow Child[11]
Works
[edit]- The Snow Child (2012)
- To the Bright Edge of the World (2016)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wohlforth, Charles (October 17, 2016). "The magic of one of Alaska's best writers -- who might never write another novel". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ Rooney, Kathleen. "Eowyn Ivey is back with 'To the Bright Edge of the World'". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Eowyn Ivey on how she made The Snow Child". BBC News. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "Bio". Eowyn Ivey. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ^ Brooks, Geraldine. "To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey review – a journey into the Alaskan wilds". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ a b Beckerman, Hannah (August 7, 2016). "Eowyn Ivey: 'I feel like I've always been trying to understand Alaska'". The Guardian. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ Greene, Amy (September 2, 2016). "A Novel's Team of Explorers Sets Out to Tame Alaska". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "bio". eowynivey.com. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "International Author of the Year". nationalbookawards.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ "The winners of the 2013 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards have been announced". aadl.org. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
