Emma Cline
Emma Cline is an American writer and novelist from California.[3] She published her first novel, The Girls, in 2016, to positive reviews. The book was shortlisted for the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle[4] and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.[5] Her second novel, The Guest, was published in 2023. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Tin House, Granta, and The Paris Review. In 2017, Cline was named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists, and Forbes named her one of their "30 Under 30 in Media". She is a recipient of the Plimpton Prize.
Emma Cline
Life and career[edit]
Personal life[edit]
Cline, born in 1989, was raised in Sonoma County, California.[6] She was the second of seven children in her family.[7] As a teenager, Cline had acting roles in When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) and the short film, Flashcards (2003).[8] After graduating from Sonoma Academy, at age 16, Cline attended Middlebury College, where she studied art.[7] During her first year there, she won a writing award for her short story, "What is Lost".[3] After graduating, Cline attended Columbia University, where she received her MFA in 2013.[3] While at Columbia, she wrote "Marion,” a short piece of fiction, which was published by The Paris Review, in their 2013 summer issue. A year later, The Paris Review selected Cline to receive their annual Plimpton Prize for this same work.[9] Since then, her writing has been published in multiple journals.[10]