C. E. Morgan

C. E. Morgan (born 1976) is an American author. She was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Sport of Kings", winner of the 2016 Kirkus Prize and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, and in 2009 was named a 5 under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation.
Biography.
As an undergraduate, Morgan studied voice at Berea College, a tuition-free labor college for students from poor and working-class backgrounds in Appalachia. In exchange for a free education, all students work for the college while enrolled. Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School, where she studied literature and religion. She wrote "All the Living" while at Harvard. She lives in Kentucky.