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![]() BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BURNING GIRL TO READ FROM HER WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY NYS Writers Institute, Tuesday. October 17, 2017
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In her review of�The Burning Girl�for�The Guardian, Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, "Painful as it may be, this is a hard book to stop reading. Messud is a storyteller [with] the ability to compel and hold the reader's interest." Messud's third novel,�The Emperor's Children�(2006), was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and selected for NPR's 'Best Fiction of 2006' list, and�Washington Post's "Best Book of the Year." In his�Washington Post�review of�The Emperor's Children, Ron Charles, a senior editor of�Book World, writes, "The most remarkable quality of Messud's writing may be its uncanny blend of maturity and mirth." Messud's previous novels include When the World was Steady (1995), a Pen/Faulkner Award finalist; The Last Life (1999); and The Woman Upstairs (2013), an international bestseller which garnered praise from The Wall Street Journal: "A trenchant exploration into the mercenary nature of artistic creation...Destined to become a cultural benchmark." Messud is a recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Messud was a NYS Writers Institute Visiting Writer in November, 2006. For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst |