Fiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Books:
JUNIPER STREET: A NOVEL (C&R Press, 2022)
, LATE WORK: A LITERARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WAS READING (University of New Mexico Press, 2022)
, THE OUTLOOK FOR EARTHLINGS: A NOVEL (Regal House Publishing, 2020)
, TRY TO GET LOST: ESSAYS ON TRAVEL AND PLACE (University of New Mexico Press, 2020)
, WHERE YOU'RE ALL GOING: FOUR NOVELLAS (Sarabande Books, 2020)
, ALL THE NEWS I NEED: A NOVEL (University of Massachusetts Press, 2017)
, BITING THE MOON: A NOVELLA (Ploughshares Solos, 2015)
, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO: A WRITING LIFE (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012)
, IN ENVY COUNTRY: STORIES (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012)
, MAKE IT STAY: A Novel (Permanent Press, 2012)
, In Envy Country: Stories (Richard Sullivan Prize) (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010)
, The Great Far Away: A Novel (Permanent Press, 2007)
, Miss Kansas City: A Novel (Michigan Literary Fiction Award) (University of Michigan Press, 2006)
, BOYS KEEP BEING BORN: STORIES (University of Missouri Press, 2001)
Prizes won:
JUNIPER STREET: A NOVEL won C&R Press 2021 Fiction Prize
WHERE YOU'RE ALL GOING: FOUR NOVELLAS [2020], won Sarabande's Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction, the IPPY Gold Medal for the Short Story, and the Foreword Reviews Bronze Medal for Short Fiction.
TRY TO GET LOST: ESSAYS ON TRAVEL AND PLACE won the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize.
ALL THE NEWS I NEED, won the Juniper Prize for Fiction.
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
White
Prefers to work with:
Any
Born in:
Phoenix,
CA
California
Raised in:
Sacramento
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Last update: Sep 25, 2026