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Sheri Holman

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Sheri Holman
Holman at Shirley Jackson Award, April 2012
Holman at Shirley Jackson Award, April 2012
Born (1966-06-01) June 1, 1966 (age 58)
Hanover County, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
Alma materCollege of William & Mary
GenreFiction, Novel, Television
Notable worksWitches on the Road Tonight (novel, 2011), The Dress Lodger (novel, 2000)

Sheri Holman (born June 1, 1966) is an American novelist and screenwriter.

Biography

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Holman was born in Hanover County, Virginia. Following graduation from the College of William & Mary in 1988 with a degree in theatre, she moved to New York. After transitioning from acting to various positions in the publishing industry, including several years as a temp at Penguin Books, Holman became the assistant to literary agent Molly Friedrich.[1] It was during this time that she began writing her first novel, A Stolen Tongue, a mystery set along the route of a fifteenth-century religious pilgrimage. The debut novel was published by Grove/Atlantic in 1997 and subsequently translated into thirteen languages. This was followed by the bestselling[2] The Dress Lodger, named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2000, and a nominee for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

After publishing a young adult title in 2002, Holman returned with The Mammoth Cheese in 2003, which was a finalist for the UK Orange Prize for Fiction. Her most recent novel is Witches on the Road Tonight, named a New York Times Editors' Choice[3] and to the best fiction of 2011 lists of the Boston Globe[4] and The Globe and Mail.[5] She is at work on a new novel involving a pediatric health worker in Eldoret, Kenya.[6]

Holman was a writer and co-executive producer for the 2022-23 Showtime drama miniseries George & Tammy, and writer and executive producer on Palm Royale on Apple TV+.

In 2020, Holman was writer/producer on Filthy Rich, as well as the Fox 21 Television Studios/National Geographic Channel series Barkskins, based on the Annie Proulx novel.[7] She spent three seasons writing on Longmire for Warner Horizon Television, which premiered on Netflix in Fall, 2015.[8] She served as a staff writer on Emerald City on NBC.[9] The Crooked Road, her television adaptation of Witches on the Road Tonight, is in development by Universal Television. Holman teaches in the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch[10]

She is a founding member[11] of the storytelling collective The Moth and serves on its curatorial board. Her stories have been featured on The Moth Podcast and the Peabody Award-winning Moth Radio Hour.

Holman lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.[12]

Awards

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Bibliography

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Novels

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  • A Stolen Tongue (1997)
  • The Dress Lodger (2000)
  • The Mammoth Cheese (2003)
  • Witches on the Road Tonight (2011)
Children's literature
  • Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars (2002)

Selected short works

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  • "Sheri Holman: An Author's Pilgrimage" in Boldtype (February, 1998)
  • "Letters from Exile: Styron's Havanas in Camelot" in The Barnes and Noble Review (June 9, 2008)
  • "Rescue Mission" in The Secret Currency of Love: The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships (2009)
  • "The Starvation Experiment" in Exotic Gothic 5, Vol. I (2013)
  • "The Divide" in My First Novel: Tales of Woe and Glory (2013)

References

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  1. ^ "The Quivering Pen". Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. ^ Publishers Weekly profile
  3. ^ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. ^ Best fiction books of 2011 Archived 2015-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "The Globe 100: The very best books of 2011". The Globe and Mail. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Sally Test Pediatric Center -- a glimpse into the new novel". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  7. ^ Sheri Holman: Television
  8. ^ "PowderKeg Writers". 14 November 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. ^ Staff, Hollywood.com (5 February 2015). "Emerald City - TV Series - 2016". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Tisch Directory".
  11. ^ Celebrating 15 Years of The Moth Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Fear & Its Monsters: An Interview with Sheri Holman
  13. ^ "Orange Prize 2005 - Special Reports - guardian.co.uk Books". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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