Rufi Thorpe
| Rufi Thorpe | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1985 (age 40–41) Dallas |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Margo's Got Money Troubles |
| https://www.rufithorpe.com/contact | |
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Rufi Thorpe (born 1985)[1] is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. Her books have been long listed or finalists for several literary awards including the International Dylan Thomas Prize, PEN/Faulkner Award, and Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. Her novel Margo’s Got Money Troubles was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize.
Life and Education
Thorpe was born in Dallas, but grew up in Southern California starting at 6 years-old where she was raised by a single mother.[2] She attended Phillips Exeter Academy for high school, but left high school early to attend Eugene Lang College in New York where she studied philosophy and literature, graduating in 2006.[3][4]She was a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia where she received a Master of Fine Arts in 2009.[5] She lives in California with her husband and two sons.[6]
Writing Career and Bibliography
Thorpe is Author of 4 critically acclaimed novels, and contributor to several magazines, newspapers, and online publications such as the New York Times, Vela, Poets & Writers, and Literary Hub[7][8][9][10]
Her first novel, The Girls from Corona del Mar, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 2014. ISBN 978-0385351966 Search this book on . was long listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.[3]
Thorpe's next novel, Dear Fang, with Love, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 2016. ISBN 978-1101875773 Search this book on . was given a starred review by Publisher's Weekly, and was said by Kirkus Reviews to be, "Melancholic and whimsical at once, Thorpe’s novel is bumpy, quirky, and wholly original."[11][12]
Knockout Queen, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 2020. ISBN 978-0525567295 Search this book on . was a a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award.[13]
Thorpe's book Margo's Got Money Troubles, William Morrow (New York, NY), June 11, 2024 ISBN 978-0063356580 Search this book on . has been adapted into a television series on Apple TV.[14]
Accolades include:
- Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize.[15]
- Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards.[16]
- Finalist for the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award[17]
- Winner of the Libby Award for Best Book Club Book[18]
- Book of the Month Club Pick[19]
- LibraryReads Pick[20]
- Time Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024[21]
References
- ↑ "A Stupid Man: Rufi Thorpe on the Influence of Czesław Miłosz and Writing While Female". Los Angeles Review of Books. August 11, 2016.
- ↑ Haber, Leigh. "Rufi Thorpe Goes to the Mat". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garrity, Patrick (August 12, 2024). "Art & Agency".
- ↑ "Interview with Knopf Author Rufi Thorpe '06". 3 May 2017.
- ↑ [1] [https://airtable.com/app0jlNBRIkF79eiy/shrMCdCauSmEDUdNq
- ↑ Zimmerman, Greg (April 8, 2025). ""Like she just handed you a magic wand": Get to Know StoryBoard Instructor Rufi Thorpe".
- ↑ Thorpe, Rufi (December 20, 2014). "Standing Out, Uncomfortably, in a First Job". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Why I Didn't See the David (and other methodologies of heartbreak) | Vela".
- ↑ "Perversity of Spirit: What It Takes to Be a Writer". Poets & Writers. August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Thorpe, Rufi (May 24, 2016). "Actually, All Writers Steal".
- ↑ "Dear Fang, with Love by Rufi Thorpe".
- ↑ "DEAR FANG, WITH LOVE | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ↑ "Announcing the Winner of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | the PEN/Faulkner Foundation".
- ↑ "Watch Margo's Got Money Troubles - Apple TV". Apple TV.
- ↑ "Kirkus Prize 2024: The Fiction Finalists". Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ Margo's got money troubles. William Morrow. 2025. Search this book on
- ↑ Hasic, Albinko (September 23, 2025). "Finalists Announced for the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award - Mark Twain House". marktwainhouse.org.
- ↑ "OverDrive Announces Winners of The Libbys, The Second Annual Libby Book Awards". March 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe". www.bookofthemonth.com.
- ↑ "Jacket" (PDF).
- ↑ "Margo's Got Money Troubles: 100 Must-Read Books of 2024".
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