Steve Yarbrough

male, 53 years old
University of Mississippi, PEN/Faulkner, The Oxygen Man, Visible Spirits, Mississippi History, The End of California
Steve Yarbrough (b. August 29 1956) is a novelist and short story writer. Born in Indianola, Mississippi, he received his B.A. and M.A. in English...
Ha Jin

Ha Jin

male, 53 years old
Boston University, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, PEN/Hemingway Award, National Book Award, Tiananmen Incident
Jīn Xuěfēi is a contemporary Chinese-American writer using the pen name Ha Jin (哈金). Ha Jin was born in Liaoning, China in 1956. His father was a m...
Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham

male, 57 years old
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Stanford University alumni, PEN/Faulkner Award, From Pasadena, CALIFORNIA, Stonewall Book Award winner, LGBT writer
Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer, best known for his 1998 novel "The Hours", which won the Pulitzer...
Claire Messud

Claire Messud

female, 43 years old
The Emperor’s Child, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Milton Academy, Yale University alumni, Syracuse University, Algerian
Claire Messud is an American novelist. Her debut novel, "When The World Was Steady" (1995), was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award. In 1999, she...
T. Coraghessan Boyle

T. Coraghessan Boyle

male, 61 years old
State University of New York at Potsdam alumni, American historical novelist, World's End, Thomas John Boyle, PEN/Faulkner Award, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
T. Coraghessan Boyle (also known as T.C. Boyle, born Thomas John Boyle on December 2, 1948) is a U.S. novelist and short story writer. Since the...
Francisco Goldman

Francisco Goldman

male, 55 years old
trinity college, novelist, Guatemalan, Jewish-American, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, short list
Francisco Goldman (born 1954) is an American novelist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Guatemalan mother and Jewish-American father. His...
Zz Packer

Zz Packer

female, 36 years old
African American, Kentucky writer, From Louisville, Kentucky, Historical fiction writer, From Atlanta, from California
ZZ Packer (born January 12, 1973) is an African-American author, notable for her works of short fiction. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she grew up in...
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor

Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor

male, deceased (1994)
The Widows of Thornton, A Long Fourth and Other Stories, The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor, short stories, From Nashville, Tennessee, kenyon college
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor (January 8, 1917 - November 2, 1994) was a U.S. author and writer. Born to a wealthy Nashville family, Taylor left...
David Guterson

David Guterson

male, 53 years old
Bainbridge Island, Snow Falling on Cedars, PEN/Faulkner Award, film of the same title, A Reader's Manifesto, Family Matters Why Homeschooling Makes Sense
David Guterson (born May 4, 1956) is an American author and magazine journalist, formerly a high school English teacher. He is best known as the...