Background
Stuckey-French was born on September 2, 1958, in Little Rock. She grew up in the town of Lafayette, Indiana.
Stuckey-French was born on September 2, 1958, in Little Rock. She grew up in the town of Lafayette, Indiana.
She graduated from Purdue University and was founding editor of the Sycamore She was a James A. Michener Fellow at the Iowa Writers hop. She graduated with an Master of Fine Arts in 1992.
Her stories have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Gettysburg, The Southern, Five Points, Narrative. She teaches creative writing at Florida State University. Richard Russo in his commentary about the selections in the Henry anthology, called Stuckey-French"s "Mudlavia", "the one that burrowed deepest under my skin".