Fiction — Amanda Coplin (Whiting Award 2013)Amanda Coplin

Fiction — Amanda Coplin (Whiting Award 2013)

Whiting Award · 2013 · Winner

Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2013Literary Fiction

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2013	Winner	“Fiction — Amanda Coplin”

About This Book

Amanda Coplin is recognized for her debut novel The Orchardist, a sweeping story of orphaned sisters and an aging orchardist in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the twentieth century. This record is a writer-level placeholder for her Whiting Award.

About the Author

Amanda CoplinAmerican

Amanda Coplin is an American novelist born in Wenatchee, Washington. She earned her BA from the University of Oregon and MFA from the University of Minnesota, and her debut novel The Orchardist became a New York Times bestseller, winning awards including the 2013 American Book Award and Washington State Book Award for Fiction. She has received the Whiting Writer's Award and was named to the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 in 2013.