George Saunders

George Saunders
George Saunders
	Saunders in September 2007
Born	December 2, 1958 (age 65) ; Amarillo , Texas , U.S.
Occupation	Writer ; journalist ; college professor ;
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	Colorado School of Mines ( B.S. ) ; Syracuse University ( M.A. ) ;
Period	1986?present
Notable works	CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) ; Pastoralia (2000) ; Tenth of December (2013) ; Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) ;
Notable awards	MacArthur Fellowship (2006) ; PEN/Malamud Award (2013) ; Folio Prize (2014) ; Booker Prize (2017) ;
Spouse	Paula Redick
Children	Caitlin (daughter) ; Alena (daughter) ;
Website
	www .georgesaundersbooks .com

George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and a novel. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker , Harper's , McSweeney's , and GQ . He also contributed a weekly column, American Psyche , to the weekend magazine of The Guardian between 2006 and 2008. ^[1]

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His story collection In Persuasion Nation was a finalist for the Story Prize in 2007. In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award ^[2] and was a finalist for the National Book Award . Saunders's Tenth of December: Stories won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections ^[3] and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize . ^[4]^[5] His novel Lincoln in the Bardo won the 2017 Man Booker Prize . ^[6]

Notes [ change | change source ]

↑ In the "Author's Note" to the 2012 paperback reprint of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline , Saunders writes about an early story he published in 1986, titled “A Lack of Order in the Floating Object Room,” which he (quote): "used it to get into Syracuse. This story was originally published in Northwest Review , Volume 24, Number 2, in 1986."

References [ change | change source ]

↑ "American psyche | Life and style" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2017-10-18 .
↑ "Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award" . Pw.org . Retrieved 2014-08-11 .
↑ Larry Dark, "George Saunders Wins His First Book Award, The Story Prize, for Tenth of December" , thestoryprize.blogspot.com, March 5, 2014.
↑ Ron Charles (March 10, 2014). "George Saunders wins $67,000 for first Folio Prize" . Washington Post . Retrieved March 11, 2014 .
↑ "Tenth of December by George Saunders wins inaugural Folio Prize 2014" (PDF) . Folio Prize. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2014 . Retrieved March 11, 2014 .
↑ "Booker winner took 20 years to write" . bbc.com. October 18, 2017.

Other websites [ change | change source ]

"George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You'll Read This Year" , Joel Lovell, The New York Times Magazine , January 3, 2013
2014 George Saunders interview with Jon Niccum, Kansas City Star
10 Free Stories by George Saunders Available on the Web

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[periodactive-1] In the "Author's Note" to the 2012 paperback reprint of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline , Saunders writes about an early story he published in 1986, titled “A Lack of Order in the Floating Object Room,” which he (quote): "used it to get into Syracuse. This story was originally published in Northwest Review , Volume 24, Number 2, in 1986."

[2] "American psyche | Life and style" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2017-10-18 .

[3] "Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award" . Pw.org . Retrieved 2014-08-11 .

[thestoryprize.blogspot.com-4] Larry Dark, "George Saunders Wins His First Book Award, The Story Prize, for Tenth of December" , thestoryprize.blogspot.com, March 5, 2014.

[Ron_Charles-5] Ron Charles (March 10, 2014). "George Saunders wins $67,000 for first Folio Prize" . Washington Post . Retrieved March 11, 2014 .

[foliopdf-6] "Tenth of December by George Saunders wins inaugural Folio Prize 2014" (PDF) . Folio Prize. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2014 . Retrieved March 11, 2014 .

[7] "Booker winner took 20 years to write" . bbc.com. October 18, 2017.

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