Michelle Richmond

About the Author

Michelle Richmond is the author of four books of fiction, including the New York Times and international bestseller The Year of Fog. Her books have been published in ten languages (see foreign editions.)

The founder and publisher of Fiction Attic Press, she currently serves on the Executive Council of The Authors' Guild. In 2012, she will hold the CJ Chair at Notre Dame de Namur University.

Michelle has received the Hillsdale Award for Fiction, the Associated Writing Programs Award, and the James Michener Fellowship. She has served as Distinguished Visiting Writer at St. Mary's College of Moraga and Bowling Green State University, and has taught in the MFA programs in creative writing at the University of San Francisco and California College of the Arts. Her stories and essays have appeared in many magazines and anthologies.

A native of Alabama's Gulf Coast, she makes her home in Northern California.