Kevin Brockmeier

Kevin John Brockmeier
Born December 6, 1972
Little Rock, Arkansas,
United States
Occupation Author
Nationality American

Kevin John Brockmeier (born December 6, 1972)[1] is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. His short stories have been printed in numerous publications and he has published two collections of stories, two children's novels, and two fantasy novels. Brockmeier, who was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas,[2] is a graduate of Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School (1991) and Southwest Missouri State University (1995). He taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received his MFA in 1997, and lives in Little Rock.

Brockmeier has won three O. Henry Prizes, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award and several and the Booker Worthen Literary Prize and the Porter Fund Literary Prize.[3]

Published works

Story collections

Novels

For younger readers

Miscellaneous stories

For more information on individual stories, see Things That Fall from the Sky

Anthologies as Editor

Featuring stories by: Stephen King, Peter S. Beagle, Laura Kasischke, Jeffrey Ford, Lisa Goldstein, Paul Tremblay, Will Clarke, Thomas Glave, John Kessel, Kellie Wells, Ryan Boudinot, Rebecca Makkai, Martin Cozza, Chris Gavaler, Deborah Scwartzand, Shawn Vestal, and Katie Williams.[4]

Awards and honors

References

  1. "Brockmeier, Kevin". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 67–70. ISBN 9780824211134.
  2. "Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2: Kevin Brockmeier". Granta. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  3. Kevin John Brockmeier, Arkansas Online
  4. Underland Press details for Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy 3.

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