C. E. Morgan (born 1976) is an American author.
[1] 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.
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.
[2] Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School, where she studied literature and religion.