Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (1969-11-06) November 6, 1969 (age 54) New York City, U.S.
Occupation
Writer
Education
Harvard University (BA)
Genre
Fiction, non-fiction
Notable works
The Intuitionist (1999), John Henry Days (2001), Zone One (2011), The Underground Railroad (2016), The Nickel Boys (2019)
Notable awards
National Book Award for Fiction (2016) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2017 and 2020)
Spouse
Julie Barer
Children
2
Website
colsonwhitehead.com
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead[1] (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice.[2][3] He has also published two books of nonfiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.
^Sehgal, Parul (July 11, 2019). "In 'The Nickel Boys,' Colson Whitehead Continues to Make a Classic American Genre His Own". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
^"2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners and Nominees". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2017. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
^"2020 Pulitzer Prizes". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2020. Archived from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
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