Daniel Mason
Appearance
For the American composer, see Daniel Gregory Mason.
Daniel Mason (b. ca. 1976) is an American novelist and physician. He is the author of The Piano Tuner and A Far Country. He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and received a BA in biology from Harvard University, later graduating from the UCSF School of Medicine.[1] He wrote his first novel, The Piano Tuner, while still a medical student. It was later the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name (composed by Nigel Osborne to a libretto by Amanda Holden). Mason's second novel, A Far Country, was published in March 2007 [2]. His work has been published in 28 countries.[3]
Books
- The Piano Tuner - 2002
- A Far Country - 2007
- Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw - 2008 [4]
See also
References
External links
- Interview with Mason at identitytheory.com
- Review of The Piano Tuner by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times