George Saunders

George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and a novel. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, American Psyche, to the weekend magazine of The Guardian between 2006 and 2008.^[1]

George Saunders
Saunders in September 2007
Born	(1958-12-02) December 2, 1958 (age 67) Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Writer journalist college professor
Language	English
Nationality	American
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) Booker Prize (2017)
Spouse	Paula Redick
Children	Caitlin (daughter) Alena (daughter)
Website
www.georgesaundersbooks.com

Awards

His story collection In Persuasion Nation was a finalist for the Story Prize in 2007. In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award^[2] and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Saunders's Tenth of December: Stories won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections^[3] and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize.^[4][5] His novel Lincoln in the Bardo won the 2017 Man Booker Prize.^[6]

Notes

1. In the "Author's Note" to the 2012 paperback reprint of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Saunders writes about an early story he published in 1986, titled “A Lack of Order in the Floating Object Room,” which he (quote): "used it to get into Syracuse. This story was originally published in Northwest Review, Volume 24, Number 2, in 1986."