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Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Public address:

Minneapolis , MN

Minnesota US

Bio:

SEQUOIA NAGAMATSU is the author of the national bestselling novel, HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK, and the story collection, WHERE WE GO WHEN ALL WE WERE IS GONE. His work has appeared in publications such as Conjunctions, The Southern Review, ZYZZYVA, Tin House, Iowa Review, and Lightspeed Magazine. Originally from Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area, he was educated at Grinnell College and Southern Illinois University.

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Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Italo Calvino, Jonathan Lethem, Haruki Murakami, Brian Evenson, Victor Lavalle, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Link, Kevin Brockmeier, Stacey Richter, JG Ballard, Cesar Aira, David Mitchell

Twitter/X:

@SequoiaN

Born in:

Raised in:

CA

California

Website:

https://SequoiaNagamatsu.com [2]

Prizes won:

Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Shortlist, Ursula K Leguin Prize Finalist, Barnes & Noble Discover Award Shortlist, PEN/Hemingway Award Longlist, Locus Award Finalist, Notable in Best American Horror and Best American Non-Required Reading, Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Award Silver Medal 2017, Copper Nickel Editors' Prize for Prose, Finalist, 2012 Cutbank Chapbook Contest Finalist 2012 Jaimy Gordon Fiction Prize (Third Coast) Semi-Finalist, 2012 Black River Chapbook Contest, Black Lawrence Press

Literary Agent:

Annie Hwang

Education:

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Identifies as:

Asian American

Prefers to work with:

Any