Martha Southgate
Martha Southgate (born December 12, 1960)[1] is an African-American novelist and essayist best known for her novel Third Girl from the Left. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, O, Premiere, and Essence.[2]
Early life[edit]
Southgate was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Smith College[3] before obtaining an MFA in creative writing from Goddard.[4]
Writing career[edit]
Southgate's first novel Another Way to Dance, about a 14-year-old black aspiring ballerina, was published in 1997 by Delacorte Press.[citation needed] For that work she won the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent.[5]
In 2002 she released The Fall of Rome: A Novel, set in a New England private boys boarding school.[6]
Her third novel, Third Girl from the Left, was published in 2005.
Southgate's most recent novel, The Taste of Salt was published in 2011 by Algonquin Books.
Adaptations[edit]
In 2013 plans for an adaptation of Southgate's novel Third Girl from the Left were announced. Actresses Kerry Washington and Viola Davis were attached to star.[7]
Works[edit]
- Another Way to Dance (1997)
- The Fall of Rome: A Novel (2002)
- Third Girl from the Left (2005)
- The Taste of Salt (2011)
References[edit]
- ^
The U.S. Library of Congress cites for birthdate Cataloging in Publication data submitted in 2002.
"Southgate, Martha". Library of Congress Authorities (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 2015-10-25. - ^ "Martha Southgate: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "An Author's Voice: Interviews with Smith Alumnae Authors « - Smith College Office of Alumnae Relations Smith College Office of Alumnae Relations". alumnae.smith.edu.
- ^ "Martha Southgate". Goddard College. 16 September 2014.
- ^ "John Steptoe Award for New Talent". ALA. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ Southgate, Martha (2002). The Fall of Rome. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-86500-3.
- ^ Obenson, Tambay A. (June 17, 2013). "Kerry Washington, Viola Davis Set For Adaptation Of Blaxploitation-Set 'Third Girl From The Left'". Indiewire. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
External links[edit]
- Martha Southgate at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalog records
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- Writers from Cleveland
- American women novelists
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- Novelists from Ohio
- 20th-century African-American women writers
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American people
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