George Saunders
Categories:
Author of:
- The Brain-Dead Megaphone,
- The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil,
- The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil,
- Congratulations, by the way,
- Fox 8,
- Home,
- In Persuasion Nation,
- Liberation Day,
- Lincoln in the Bardo,
- Pastoralia,
- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain,
- Tenth of December,
- The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip,
- Vigil
Biography
George Saunders is the author of thirteen books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize in 2017, and five collections of stories including Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the recent collection Liberation Day (selected by former President Obama has one of his ten favourite books of 2021). Three of Saunders’ books –Pastoralia, Tenth of December, and Lincoln in the Bardo – were chosen for the New York Times’ list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders hosts the popular Story Club on Substack, which grew out of his book on the Russian short story, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People by Time magazine. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
Awards
| Winner of the The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2017 |
| Winner of the The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2017 |