Dan Chaon at the 2009 Texas Book Festival.
Dan Chaon (born 1964) is a notable American writer. Chaon's last name is pronounced "Shawn".[1]
His first novel was You Remind Me of Me (2004). His short-story collections Fitting Ends (1996) and Among the Missing (2001) were both well-received; the latter was a finalist for a National Book Award[2] and was also named one of the year's ten best books by the American Library Association[3] and as a notable book of the year by The New York Times..[4] His 2012 short story collection, Stay Awake, is a finalist for The Story Prize.
Chaon's short stories have won the Pushcart Prize[2] and the O. Henry Award[3] and have been included in the Best American Short Stories of 1996 and 2003.[5] He was awarded the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters.[3]
Biography [edit]
Chaon was adopted and grew up in Sidney, Nebraska.[6] He graduated from Northwestern and received his MFA from Syracuse.[7] He was married to the late writer Sheila Schwartz and has two teenage sons. He presently lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and teaches creative writing at Oberlin College.[5]
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Novels [edit]
- You Remind Me of Me (2004)
- Await Your Reply (2009)
Short Story Collections [edit]
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