Brad Watson (writer)
Brad Watson (born July 24, 1955 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American author.[1]
Life
He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1978, and the University of Alabama in 1985. He is a professor of creative writing and literature in the Department of English at the University of Wyoming.
Watson's 2002 novel The Heaven of Mercury was nominated for the National Book Award.[2] His 2010 collection of short stories Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives received positive reviews in The New York Times[2] and the Boston Phoenix.[3] His work appeared in The New Yorker.[4]
Books
- Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories. W. W. Norton. 2001. ISBN 978-0-393-32120-3.
- The Heaven of Mercury: A Novel. W. W. Norton. 2002. ISBN 978-0-393-32465-5.
- Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories. W. W. Norton. 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-33885-0.
Anthologies
- Laura Furman, ed. (2011). "Alamo Plaza". PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011: The Best Stories of the Year. Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN 978-0-307-80594-2.
Awards
- Sue Kaufman Award for First Fiction (Last Days of the Dog-Men)
- Finalist for the National Book Award (The Heaven of Mercury)[5]
- 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[6]
- 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/brad-watson.html
- 1 2 Silverman, Jacob (22 April 2010). "Dream Catcher". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ Chamandy, Susan (23 March 2010). "Otherworldly". Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ Visitation by Brad Watson, a story published in The New Yorker, April 6, 2009
- ↑ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2002finalists.html
- ↑ http://wyofile.com/2011/03/brad-watson/
- ↑ http://www.gf.org/fellows/17047-brad-watson
External links
- Interview with Brad Watson in Granta, Winter 2009
- Interview with Brad Watson in The Rumpus, March 2010
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