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.

Awards

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

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References

Other websites

"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

George Saunders

1958 births

Living people

American novelists

American children's writers

Educators from Texas

American essayists

Writers from Texas

Writers from Chicago

Educators from Chicago

Journalists from Chicago

Journalists from Texas

People from Amarillo, Texas

George Saunders