Elizabeth Wetmore (novelist)

Elizabeth Wetmore (born 1967/68) is an American novelist, notable for her debut 2020 novel Valentine , which she published at the age of 52 and which made it to The New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list. ^[1]^[2]

Wetmore was born in Odessa, Texas . She left Texas at the age of 18 and never returned to live there. ^[3] She graduated from Iowa Writers' Workshop and eventually moved to Chicago . Before Valentine , she published short stories in various literary magazines. She names, among others, Cormac McCarthy , Paulette Jiles , and Marilynne Robinson as literary influences. ^[1]

Valentine is set in Texas in 1976. ^[2] It was translated to Dutch (by Anne Jongeling ) and Russian (by Viktor Golyshev ). ^[4]

Wetmore is married to the poet Jorge Sanchez and has a son. ^[2]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b Blackwell, Kathy (June 2020). " 'Valentine' Writer Elizabeth Wetmore's Texas Roots" . Texas Monthly .
^ ^a ^b ^c Borrelli, Christopher (20 May 2020). "Chicago author's first novel, 'Valentine,' debuts as a top bestseller in a time of no book tours, no publicity. In other words, it does the near impossible" . Chicago Tribune .
^ Egan, Elisabeth (23 April 2020). "Home Is Where Her Story Was. Leaving Helped Her Find It" . The New York Times .
^ Yuzefovich, Galina (12 June 2021). " "Валентайн" ? Элизабет Уэтмор продолжает традицию Фолкнера и Стейнбека в своем дебютном романе" . Meduza (in Russian).

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[texasdaily-1] Blackwell, Kathy (June 2020). " 'Valentine' Writer Elizabeth Wetmore's Texas Roots" . Texas Monthly .

[borrelli-2] Borrelli, Christopher (20 May 2020). "Chicago author's first novel, 'Valentine,' debuts as a top bestseller in a time of no book tours, no publicity. In other words, it does the near impossible" . Chicago Tribune .

[3] Egan, Elisabeth (23 April 2020). "Home Is Where Her Story Was. Leaving Helped Her Find It" . The New York Times .

[4] Yuzefovich, Galina (12 June 2021). " "Валентайн" ? Элизабет Уэтмор продолжает традицию Фолкнера и Стейнбека в своем дебютном романе" . Meduza (in Russian).

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