Michael Golding (novelist)

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Michael Golding is an American novelist. [1] He is most noted for his 2015 novel A Poet of the Invisible World, which won the Ferro-Grumley Award [2] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction in 2016. [3]

An alumnus of Duke University, Golding previously published the novels Simple Prayers (1994) and Benjamin's Gift (1999), and cowrote the screenplay for the 2007 film Silk . [4]

He came out as gay during the process of writing A Poet of the Invisible World. [4]

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References

  1. "Michael Golding Weaves a Mystical Tale in A Poet of the Invisible World". Paste , October 8, 2015.
  2. "Publishing Triangle Honors Best LGBT Writing of 2015". New Pages, April 26, 2016.
  3. "Who Are the 2016 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists?". Out , March 8, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "While writing his novel, an alumnus shatters his old self". Duke Magazine, April 15, 2016.