Merritt Tierce

Merritt Tierce is an American short-story author, story editor, essayist, activist, and novelist.[1] Tierce was born in Texas and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, receiving her MFA in Fiction in 2011.[2] She previously taught at the University of Iowa.[3] She was a founding board member of the Texas Equal Access Fund and previously worked as Executive Director of the TEA.[4][5][6] She currently resides in Los Angeles and is a writer for Orange is the New Black.[7]

Awards and honors

Residencies

Bibliography

Novels
  • Love Me Back. Doubleday Books. 2014. ISBN 978-0-3458-0713-7.

Short stories

Essays

References
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  2. "Merritt Tierce a 2019 Whiting Award Winner | Iowa Writers' Workshop | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | The University of Iowa". writersworkshop.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  3. "Merritt Tierce on Iowa, Comma Usage, and Her Debut Novel, Love Me Back". Barnes & Noble Reads. 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  4. Hamilton, Brentney (2011-09-20). "Merritt Tierce Wins Rona Jaffe Award: Dallas Feminists, Literature Nerds Rejoice". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  5. "Abortion Rights Groups Say It's Time To Stop Playing Defense". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  6. "Merritt Tierce". PEN America. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  7. "How novelist Merritt Tierce left Texas to become a staff writer for 'Orange Is the New Black'". Dallas News. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  8. "Merritt Tierce". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  9. "Writers' Workshop alum receives Whiting award". The Gazette. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  10. "Finalists Reading: Debut Fiction from the 2015 PEN Literary Awards". PEN America. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  11. "5 Under 35 2013". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  12. "Post". Rona. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  13. "Merritt Tierce - Artist". MacDowell Colony. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  14. "About Willapa Bay AiR Residents". www.willapabayair.org. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  15. "Residents". Can Cab. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  16. "19: Hauntings". PEN America. 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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