For other people named George Saunders, see George Saunders (disambiguation).
George Saunders
Saunders in 2023
Born
(1958-12-02) December 2, 1958 (age 65) Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
Writer
journalist
college professor
Language
English
Education
Colorado School of Mines (B.S.)
Syracuse University (M.A.)
Period
1986–present [a]
Notable works
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996)
Pastoralia (2000)
Tenth of December (2013)
Lincoln in the Bardo (2017)
Notable awards
MacArthur Fellowship 2006
PEN/Malamud Award 2013
Folio Prize 2014 Tenth of December: Stories
Booker Prize 2017 Lincoln in the Bardo
Spouse
Paula Redick[1]
Children
2[2]
Website
www.georgesaundersbooks.com
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, "American Psyche", to The Guardian's weekend magazine between 2006 and 2008.[3]
A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. His first story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, was a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award. In 2006, Saunders received a MacArthur Fellowship and won the World Fantasy Award for his short story "CommComm".[4]
His story collection In Persuasion Nation was a finalist for the Story Prize in 2007. In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award[5] and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Saunders's Tenth of December: Stories won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections[6] and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize.[7][8] His novel Lincoln in the Bardo won the 2017 Booker Prize.[9]
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^"American psyche | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
^World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
^"Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award". Pw.org. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
^Dark, Larry (March 5, 2014). "TSP: George Saunders Wins His First Book Award, The Story Prize, for Tenth of December". The Story Prize (Press release). Retrieved September 25, 2022.
^Ron Charles (March 10, 2014). "George Saunders wins $67,000 for first Folio Prize". Washington Post. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^"Tenth of December by George Saunders wins inaugural Folio Prize 2014" (PDF). Folio Prize. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^"Booker winner took 20 years to write". bbc.com. October 18, 2017.
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