Maud Newton
Encyclopedia
Rebecca "Maud" Newton is a writer
, blog
ger, book reviewer and former lawyer
born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Miami, Florida. Newton was raised in a fundamentalist Pentecostal household and attended college and law school at the University of Florida
and currently resides in Brooklyn
.
She was awarded the 2009 Narrative Prize for "When the Flock Changed," an excerpt from her novel-in-progress. In 2009 she also wrote an essay for The Los Angeles Times about her decision to write a novel instead of a memoir. Her book reviews and opinions have been published in venues such as the New York Times Book Review, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times
, Bookforum
, American Prospect The Awl
and NPR
. Her essays and fiction have been published in Narrative Magazine
, Granta
, Swink, Eyeshot, Pindeldyboz, Maisonneuve
, Mr. Bellers Neighborhood and other venues, including the anthologies When I Was a Loser and Love is a Four-Letter Word.
In 2004 she received the Irwin and Alice Stark Short Fiction Award from the City College of New York
and in June 2008 she won second prize in the Narrative Magazine Love Story Contest.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger, book reviewer and former lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Miami, Florida. Newton was raised in a fundamentalist Pentecostal household and attended college and law school at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
and currently resides in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
.
She was awarded the 2009 Narrative Prize for "When the Flock Changed," an excerpt from her novel-in-progress. In 2009 she also wrote an essay for The Los Angeles Times about her decision to write a novel instead of a memoir. Her book reviews and opinions have been published in venues such as the New York Times Book Review, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Bookforum
Bookforum
Bookforum is a New York-based magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature. It is edited by Albert Mobilio, Chris Lehmann, , and Michael Miller.-History: Bookforum was launched in 1994 as a literary supplement to Artforum...
, American Prospect The Awl
The Awl
The Awl is a website about current events and culture. The site was founded in 2008 by David Cho and former Gawker editors Choire Sicha and Alex Balk.The site employs an editorial staff of writers....
and NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
. Her essays and fiction have been published in Narrative Magazine
Narrative Magazine
Narrative Magazine was founded in 2003 by former Esquire editor Tom Jenks and author, Carol Edgarian. Narrative is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the literary arts in the digital age. Its online library of writing by established writers, such as T. C...
, Granta
Granta
Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centers on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated, "In its blend of...
, Swink, Eyeshot, Pindeldyboz, Maisonneuve
Maisonneuve
- People :* Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, a French officer who contributed to the foundation of Montreal* Jules_Germain_Fran%C3%A7ois_Maisonneuve, prominent surgeon of 19th-century Paris* Paul Maisonneuve - Other uses :...
, Mr. Bellers Neighborhood and other venues, including the anthologies When I Was a Loser and Love is a Four-Letter Word.
In 2004 she received the Irwin and Alice Stark Short Fiction Award from the City College of New York
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
and in June 2008 she won second prize in the Narrative Magazine Love Story Contest.