Judy Blunt

Judy Blunt (born 1954) is an American writer from Montana. Her most notable work to date is Breaking Clean, a collection of linked essays exploring her rural upbringing.

Judy Blunt
Born1954 (age 66–67)
Phillips County, Montana, USA[1]
Occupationuniversity professor[2] non-fiction author
NationalityAmerican
EducationM.F.A. from University of Montana[2]
Genrememoir, essay
Notable awardsWhiting Award (2001)[3] PEN/Jerard Fund Award for work in progress (1997)[4]
Childrenthree

Biography

She was raised on a cattle ranch in a remote area of Phillips County, Montana,[1] near Regina, Montana, south of Malta, Montana. In 1986 she moved with her three small children to Missoula to attend the University of Montana.[5]

She later turned the tales of her ranch life into an award-winning memoir, titled Breaking Clean (Knopf 2002), which won a Whiting Award, the PEN/Jerard Fund Award,[5] Mountains and Plains Nonfiction Book Award, Willa Cather Literary Award, and was one of The New York Times' Notable Books.[2] She received a Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship and a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship.[6] Her essays and poems have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Big Sky Journal and Oprah Magazine.[2]

Blunt received her M.F.A. from the University of Montana in 1994.[2] Blunt currently resides in Missoula, where she is an associate professor at the University of Montana.[2]

Bibliography
  • Breaking Clean, Knopf: 2002 (hardcover), ISBN 9780753198223

References
  1. "Author's Desktop: Judy Blunt". Random House. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  2. "Faculty bio". University of Montana. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  3. "Judy Blunt, whiting award winner in nonfiction". www.whiting.org. Whiting Awards. 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. Europa (13 December 2002). The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. Abingdon, Oxon.: Europa Publications Limited. p. 225. ISBN 9781857431469.
  5. "UM author Judy Blunt hits the big time with 'Breaking Clean'". University of Montana. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  6. "Breaking Clean (reading group guide)". Reading Group Guides. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
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