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Lauren Groff

October 19, 2023

Lauren Groff (born July 23, 1978) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has written five novels and two short story collections, including Fates and Furies (2015), Florida (2018), and Matrix (2022).

Lauren Groff
Born (1978-07-23) July 23, 1978 (age 45)
Cooperstown, New York, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
EducationAmherst College (BA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (MFA)
GenreLiterary fiction
RelativesSarah True (sister)
Website
www.laurengroff.com

Early life and education Edit

Groff was born and raised in Cooperstown, New York.[1] She graduated from Amherst College and from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction.[2][3]

Career Edit

Groff's first novel, The Monsters of Templeton, was published by Hyperion on February 5, 2008, and debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.[4] It was well received by Stephen King, who read it before publication and wrote an early review in Entertainment Weekly.[5] The novel was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers in 2008, and named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Amazon.com and the San Francisco Chronicle.[6][7][8]

The Monsters of Templeton is a contemporary tale about coming home to Templeton, a representation of Cooperstown, New York. It is interspersed with voices from characters drawn from the town's history as well as James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers, which is also set in a fictionalized Cooperstown called Templeton.

Groff's first collection of short stories, Delicate Edible Birds, was released in January 2009. It featured stories published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Five Points, Ploughshares, and the anthologies Best New American Voices 2008, Pushcart Prize XXXII, and Best American Short Stories 2007, 2010, and 2014 editions.

Groff's second novel, Arcadia, was released in 2012[9] and tells the story of the first child born in a fictional 1960s commune in upstate New York. A New York Times and Booksense bestseller, it received favorable reviews from the New York Times Sunday Book Review,[10] The Washington Post,[11] and The Miami Herald.[12] The novel was recognized as one of the Best Books of 2012 by The New York Times,[13] The Washington Post,[14] NPR,[15] Vogue,[16] The Globe and Mail,[17] Christian Science Monitor,[18] and Kirkus Reviews.[19]

Her third novel, Fates and Furies, was released in 2015 and was also a New York Times and Booksense bestseller. Fates and Furies is a portrait of a 24-year marriage from two points of view, first the husband's and then the wife's. It was nominated for the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction,[20] the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction,[21] and was featured in numerous "Best of 2015" fiction lists, including the selection by Amazon.com as the Best Book of 2015.[22] President Barack Obama chose it as his favorite book of 2015.[23][1]

In 2017, Granta Magazine named Groff one of the Best of Young American Novelists of her generation.[24] In 2018, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction.[25]

Groff's fifth book, a short story collection titled Florida, was released in 2018. Florida was the winner of The Story Prize for short story collections published in 2018.[26] It was also a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction.[27] The Guardian called Groff's storytelling "a heroic pushback against the way we live now, against waste, against the artificial environments in which we find ourselves maintained by corporations, but equally against the pressures on women to be flawless, effortlessly excellent mothers, wives, sisters, lovers, friends, within this dire state of affairs."[28]

Groff's fourth novel, Matrix, was released in 2021. Matrix is about a "seventeen-year-old Marie de France... sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease."[29] The Observer called it "a strange and poetic piece of historical fiction set in a dreamlike abbey, the fictional biography of a 12th-century mystic."[30] Matrix was shortlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction[31] and the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.[32]

Personal life Edit

Groff is married and has two children and lives in Gainesville, Florida.[1] Her sister is the Olympic triathlete Sarah True.[33]

Bibliography Edit

Novels Edit

  • The Monsters of Templeton (William Heinemann, 2008, ISBN 0434017841)
  • Arcadia (Hachette, 2012, ISBN 1401340873)
  • Fates and Furies (William Heinemann, 2015, ISBN 1785150146)[34]
  • Matrix (William Heinemann, 2021, ISBN 9781785151903)[35][30][36]
  • The Vaster Wilds (Riverhead Books, 2023), ISBN 9780593418390.[37] [38]

Short fiction Edit

Collections Edit

List of short stories Edit

Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
L. Debard and Aliette 2006 The Atlantic Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories [40]
Lucky Chow Fun 2006 Ploughshares Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories
The Ballad of Sad Ophine Hobart
Elaborate Washington Square
Delicate Edible Birds 2009 Glimmer Train Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories [41]
Above and Below 2011 The New Yorker Florida (2018) [42]
Amaranth 2013 Lucky Peach
Ghosts and empties 2015 Groff, Lauren (July 20, 2015). "Ghosts and empties". The New Yorker. Vol. 91, no. 20. pp. 60–63. Florida (2018)
The midnight zone 2016 Groff, Lauren (May 23, 2016). "The midnight zone". The New Yorker. Vol. 92, no. 15. pp. 68–73. Florida (2018)
Flower Hunters 2016 The New Yorker Florida (2018) [43]
Boca Raton 2018 Amazon Original Stories [44]
Brawler 2019 The New Yorker [45]
Birdie 2020 The Atlantic [46]
The Wind 2021 The New Yorker [47]
Annunciation 2022 The New Yorker [48]

Critical studies and reviews of Groff's work Edit

Florida
  • Elkin, Lauren (15 June 2018). "Florida by Lauren Groff review – rage and refusal as Earth reaps the whirlwind". The Guardian.

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c "Lauren Groff: 'I often get very lonely because my job is very lonely'". the Guardian. 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  2. ^ "Groff, Lauren". Fresh Fiction.
  3. ^ "Groff, Lauren". Ploughshares.
  4. ^ "New York Times Bestsellers". The New York Times. March 2, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  5. ^ "Harry Potter Fans, Break Out the Tissues". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ^ "Orange Prize Shortlist". Orange Prize for Fiction.
  7. ^ "Amazon.com Best Books of 2008". Amazon.com.
  8. ^ "San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2008". San Francisco Chronicle. August 17, 2010.
  9. ^ Groff, Lauren (March 6, 2012). . Hyperion. ISBN 978-1-4013-4087-2. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  10. ^ Wilwol, John (6 April 2012). "'Arcadia,' by Lauren Groff". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ Charles, Ron (13 March 2012). "Lauren Groff's 'Arcadia': Trouble in paradise". Retrieved 11 June 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  12. ^ . Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  13. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2012". The New York Times. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  14. ^ staff, The Washington Post (16 November 2012). "The 10 best books of 2012". Retrieved 11 June 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  15. ^ "Best Books Of 2012: The Complete List". NPR. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  16. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  17. ^ "The Globe's top 29 picks for international fiction of 2012". The Globe and Mail. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  18. ^ "10 best books of 2012 – fiction". Christian Science Monitor. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  19. ^ "Best Fiction of 2012 - Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  20. ^ "National Book Award Nominees for 2015 (Fiction Category)". The New York Times. 17 September 2015.
  21. ^ "National Book Critics Circle Award Nominees for 2015 (Fiction Category)".
  22. ^ "Amazon Unveils the Best Books of 2015". Business Wire. 11 November 2015.
  23. ^ "Kendrick Lamar Vs. Bruno Mars: POTUS and FLOTUS' Favorite Songs, Movies and Moments of 2015". Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  24. ^ "Granta 139: Best of Young American Novelists 3". Granta Magazine. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  25. ^ Groff, Lauren (April 1, 2018). "2018 Guggenheim Fellows". Guggenheim Foundation.
  26. ^ "Lauren Groff's 'Florida' wins $20,000 Story Prize". Star Tribune.
  27. ^ "The 2018 National Book Award finalists are in. Here's the full list". Vox. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  28. ^ Elkin, Lauren (2018-06-14). "Florida by Lauren Groff review – rage and refusal as Earth reaps the whirlwind". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  29. ^ "About Matrix". Penguin Random House. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  30. ^ a b "Matrix by Lauren Groff review – thrilling trip into the mystic". The Observer. 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  31. ^ "National Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  32. ^ "2022 Winners". American Library Association. 17 October 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  33. ^ . TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  34. ^ Post-Dispatch, Joe Peschel Special to the. "Lauren Groff offers stunning view of a long marriage". Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  35. ^ Puckett-Pope, Lauren (2021-04-01). "An Exclusive First Look at Lauren Groff's 'Matrix'". ELLE. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  36. ^ Briefly reviewed in the September 20, 2021 issue of The New Yorker, p.71.
  37. ^ "Lauren Groff's next novel is set in the 17th-century American wilderness". Literary Hub. September 30, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  38. ^ "Lauren Groff Reveals the Cover of Her Upcoming Novel, 'The Vaster Wilds'". ELLE. March 29, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  39. ^ Maury, Laurel (2009-03-09). . NPR. Archived from the original on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  40. ^ Groff, Lauren (2006-08-01). "L. DeBard and Aliette". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  41. ^ Groff, Lauren (Spring 2009). . The Glimmer Train (70). Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  42. ^ Groff, Lauren. "Above And Below". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  43. ^ Groff, Lauren. "Flower Hunters". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  44. ^ Groff, Lauren. "Boca Raton (Warmer collection)". Amazon. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  45. ^ Groff, Lauren. "Brawler". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  46. ^ Lauren Groff, January 14, 2020, The Atlantic, Birdie: A Short Story, Retrieved January 15, 2020
  47. ^ Groff, Lauren. "The Wind". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  48. ^ Groff, lauren (2022-02-02). . The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-17.

External links Edit

  • Official Website

October 19, 2023
lauren, groff, born, july, 1978, american, novelist, short, story, writer, written, five, novels, short, story, collections, including, fates, furies, 2015, florida, 2018, matrix, 2022, born, 1978, july, 1978, cooperstown, york, occupationnovelisteducationamhe. Lauren Groff born July 23 1978 is an American novelist and short story writer She has written five novels and two short story collections including Fates and Furies 2015 Florida 2018 and Matrix 2022 Lauren GroffBorn 1978 07 23 July 23 1978 age 45 Cooperstown New York U S OccupationNovelistEducationAmherst College BA University of Wisconsin Madison MFA GenreLiterary fictionRelativesSarah True sister Websitewww wbr laurengroff wbr com Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 4 1 Novels 4 2 Short fiction 4 2 1 Collections 4 2 2 List of short stories 4 3 Critical studies and reviews of Groff s work 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education EditGroff was born and raised in Cooperstown New York 1 She graduated from Amherst College and from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction 2 3 Career EditGroff s first novel The Monsters of Templeton was published by Hyperion on February 5 2008 and debuted on the New York Times bestseller list 4 It was well received by Stephen King who read it before publication and wrote an early review in Entertainment Weekly 5 The novel was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers in 2008 and named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Amazon com and the San Francisco Chronicle 6 7 8 The Monsters of Templeton is a contemporary tale about coming home to Templeton a representation of Cooperstown New York It is interspersed with voices from characters drawn from the town s history as well as James Fenimore Cooper s The Pioneers which is also set in a fictionalized Cooperstown called Templeton Groff s first collection of short stories Delicate Edible Birds was released in January 2009 It featured stories published in The New Yorker The Atlantic Five Points Ploughshares and the anthologies Best New American Voices 2008 Pushcart Prize XXXII and Best American Short Stories 2007 2010 and 2014 editions Groff s second novel Arcadia was released in 2012 9 and tells the story of the first child born in a fictional 1960s commune in upstate New York A New York Times and Booksense bestseller it received favorable reviews from the New York Times Sunday Book Review 10 The Washington Post 11 and The Miami Herald 12 The novel was recognized as one of the Best Books of 2012 by The New York Times 13 The Washington Post 14 NPR 15 Vogue 16 The Globe and Mail 17 Christian Science Monitor 18 and Kirkus Reviews 19 Her third novel Fates and Furies was released in 2015 and was also a New York Times and Booksense bestseller Fates and Furies is a portrait of a 24 year marriage from two points of view first the husband s and then the wife s It was nominated for the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction 20 the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 21 and was featured in numerous Best of 2015 fiction lists including the selection by Amazon com as the Best Book of 2015 22 President Barack Obama chose it as his favorite book of 2015 23 1 In 2017 Granta Magazine named Groff one of the Best of Young American Novelists of her generation 24 In 2018 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction 25 Groff s fifth book a short story collection titled Florida was released in 2018 Florida was the winner of The Story Prize for short story collections published in 2018 26 It was also a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction 27 The Guardian called Groff s storytelling a heroic pushback against the way we live now against waste against the artificial environments in which we find ourselves maintained by corporations but equally against the pressures on women to be flawless effortlessly excellent mothers wives sisters lovers friends within this dire state of affairs 28 Groff s fourth novel Matrix was released in 2021 Matrix is about a seventeen year old Marie de France sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease 29 The Observer called it a strange and poetic piece of historical fiction set in a dreamlike abbey the fictional biography of a 12th century mystic 30 Matrix was shortlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction 31 and the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction 32 Personal life EditGroff is married and has two children and lives in Gainesville Florida 1 Her sister is the Olympic triathlete Sarah True 33 Bibliography EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items December 2016 Novels Edit The Monsters of Templeton William Heinemann 2008 ISBN 0434017841 Arcadia Hachette 2012 ISBN 1401340873 Fates and Furies William Heinemann 2015 ISBN 1785150146 34 Matrix William Heinemann 2021 ISBN 9781785151903 35 30 36 The Vaster Wilds Riverhead Books 2023 ISBN 9780593418390 37 38 Short fiction Edit Collections Edit Delicate Edible Birds 2009 39 Florida New York Riverhead Books 2018 ISBN 9781594634512 List of short stories Edit Title Year First published Reprinted collected NotesL Debard and Aliette 2006 The Atlantic Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories 40 Lucky Chow Fun 2006 Ploughshares Delicate Edible Birds and Other StoriesThe Ballad of Sad Ophine HobartElaborate Washington SquareDelicate Edible Birds 2009 Glimmer Train Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories 41 Above and Below 2011 The New Yorker Florida 2018 42 Amaranth 2013 Lucky PeachGhosts and empties 2015 Groff Lauren July 20 2015 Ghosts and empties The New Yorker Vol 91 no 20 pp 60 63 Florida 2018 The midnight zone 2016 Groff Lauren May 23 2016 The midnight zone The New Yorker Vol 92 no 15 pp 68 73 Florida 2018 Flower Hunters 2016 The New Yorker Florida 2018 43 Boca Raton 2018 Amazon Original Stories 44 Brawler 2019 The New Yorker 45 Birdie 2020 The Atlantic 46 The Wind 2021 The New Yorker 47 Annunciation 2022 The New Yorker 48 Critical studies and reviews of Groff s work Edit FloridaElkin Lauren 15 June 2018 Florida by Lauren Groff review rage and refusal as Earth reaps the whirlwind The Guardian References Edit a b c Lauren Groff I often get very lonely because my job is very lonely the Guardian 2021 09 11 Retrieved 2021 09 27 Groff Lauren Fresh Fiction Groff Lauren Ploughshares New York Times Bestsellers The New York Times March 2 2008 Retrieved May 7 2010 Harry Potter Fans Break Out the Tissues Entertainment Weekly Orange Prize Shortlist Orange Prize for Fiction Amazon com Best Books of 2008 Amazon com San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2008 San Francisco Chronicle August 17 2010 Groff Lauren March 6 2012 Arcadia Hyperion ISBN 978 1 4013 4087 2 Archived from the original on January 17 2012 Retrieved January 24 2012 Wilwol John 6 April 2012 Arcadia by Lauren Groff The New York Times Retrieved 11 June 2018 via NYTimes com Charles Ron 13 March 2012 Lauren Groff s Arcadia Trouble in paradise Retrieved 11 June 2018 via www washingtonpost com Lauren Groff recreates a paradise in Arcadia Books MiamiHerald com Miami Herald Archived from the original on 2012 04 02 Retrieved 2012 04 12 100 Notable Books of 2012 The New York Times 27 November 2012 Retrieved 11 June 2018 via NYTimes com staff The Washington Post 16 November 2012 The 10 best books of 2012 Retrieved 11 June 2018 via www washingtonpost com Best Books Of 2012 The Complete List NPR 24 December 2012 Retrieved 11 June 2018 Top Ten The Best Books of 2012 Culture Vogue Archived from the original on 2013 01 29 Retrieved 2013 02 17 The Globe s top 29 picks for international fiction of 2012 The Globe and Mail 24 November 2012 Retrieved 11 June 2018 10 best books of 2012 fiction Christian Science Monitor 3 December 2012 Retrieved 11 June 2018 Best Fiction of 2012 Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews Retrieved 11 June 2018 National Book Award Nominees for 2015 Fiction Category The New York Times 17 September 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award Nominees for 2015 Fiction Category Amazon Unveils the Best Books of 2015 Business Wire 11 November 2015 Kendrick Lamar Vs Bruno Mars POTUS and FLOTUS Favorite Songs Movies and Moments of 2015 Retrieved 11 June 2018 Granta 139 Best of Young American Novelists 3 Granta Magazine Retrieved 2018 04 23 Groff Lauren April 1 2018 2018 Guggenheim Fellows Guggenheim Foundation Lauren Groff s Florida wins 20 000 Story Prize Star Tribune The 2018 National Book Award finalists are in Here s the full list Vox Retrieved 2018 10 11 Elkin Lauren 2018 06 14 Florida by Lauren Groff review rage and refusal as Earth reaps the whirlwind The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2020 09 25 About Matrix Penguin Random House Retrieved April 23 2021 a b Matrix by Lauren Groff review thrilling trip into the mystic The Observer 2021 09 27 Retrieved 2021 09 27 National Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced Books Publishing 2021 10 06 Retrieved 2021 10 10 2022 Winners American Library Association 17 October 2021 Retrieved November 16 2021 Sarah Groff is One Tough Bird TeamUSA org Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Post Dispatch Joe Peschel Special to the Lauren Groff offers stunning view of a long marriage Retrieved 11 June 2018 Puckett Pope Lauren 2021 04 01 An Exclusive First Look at Lauren Groff s Matrix ELLE Retrieved 2021 07 15 Briefly reviewed in the September 20 2021 issue of The New Yorker p 71 Lauren Groff s next novel is set in the 17th century American wilderness Literary Hub September 30 2022 Retrieved June 19 2023 Lauren Groff Reveals the Cover of Her Upcoming Novel The Vaster Wilds ELLE March 29 2023 Retrieved June 19 2023 Maury Laurel 2009 03 09 Delicate Stories In A Best Friend Forever Voice NPR Archived from the original on 2020 04 07 Retrieved 2022 02 17 Groff Lauren 2006 08 01 L DeBard and Aliette The Atlantic Retrieved 2020 09 25 Groff Lauren Spring 2009 Delicate Edible Birds The Glimmer Train 70 Archived from the original on 11 July 2011 Retrieved 21 June 2011 Groff Lauren Above And Below The New Yorker Retrieved 2020 09 25 Groff Lauren Flower Hunters The New Yorker Retrieved 2020 09 25 Groff Lauren Boca Raton Warmer collection Amazon Retrieved 2021 10 24 Groff Lauren Brawler The New Yorker Retrieved 2021 02 19 Lauren Groff January 14 2020 The Atlantic Birdie A Short Story Retrieved January 15 2020 Groff Lauren The Wind The New Yorker Retrieved 2021 02 01 Groff lauren 2022 02 02 Annunciation The New Yorker Archived from the original on 2022 02 14 Retrieved 2022 02 17 External links EditOfficial Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lauren Groff amp oldid 1178104657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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