Stewart O'Nan
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| Stewart O'Nan | |
| Born: | February 4, 1961 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Nationality: |  United States |
| Writing period: | 1993 - present |
| Genres: | Literary fiction, horror fiction |
| Debut works: | In the Walled City (1993) First novel: Snow Angels (1994) |
| Website: | stewart-onan.com/ |
Stewart O'Nan (born February 4, 1961) is an American novelist.
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[edit] Life and work
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he earned his B.S. at Boston University in 1983 and his M.F.A. at Cornell University in 1992.
O'Nan's first book, and only collection of short stories, In the Walled City, was awarded the 1993 Drue Heinz Literature Prize.[1] The same year, he was able to find a publisher for his second book, and first novel, Snow Angels, when the manuscript earned him the first Pirate's Alley Faulkner Prize for the Novel, awarded by the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society of New Orleans.[2] In 2007 Snow Angels was adapted for a film of the same title, directed by David Gordon Green, who also wrote the screenplay, and starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale.
In 1996, Granta named him one of America's Best Young Novelists.[3]
[edit] Works
[edit] Story collections
- In the Walled City (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993)
[edit] Novels
- Snow Angels (Doubleday, 1994)
- The Names of the Dead (Doubleday, 1996)
- The Speed Queen (Doubleday, 1997)
- A World Away (Henry Holt, 1998)
- A Prayer for the Dying (Henry Holt, 1999)
- Everyday People (Grove Press, 2001)
- Wish You Were Here (Grove Press, 2002)
- The Night Country (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003)
- The Good Wife (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005)
- Last Night at the Lobster (Viking, forthcoming November 2007)
[edit] Nonfiction
- The Circus Fire (Doubleday, 2000)
- Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (with Stephen King) (Scribner, 2004)
[edit] As editor
- On Writers and Writing by John Gardner (Addison-Wesley, 1994)
- The Vietnam Reader: The Definitive Collection of Fiction and Nonfiction on the War (Anchor Books, 1998)
[edit] External links
- Official Website: The Works of Stewart O'Nan
- 1997 Interview by Ron Hogan from Beatrice
- "The Lost World of Richard Yates: How the great writer of the Age of Anxiety disappeared from print" an essay by O'Nan in Boston Review
- Stewart O'Nan at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] References
- ^ Drue Heinz Literature Prize. University of Pittsburgh Press (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ About the Competition: History of Success. The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, Inc. (2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ Granta 54: Best of Young American Novelists. Granta (undated). Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
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| NAME | O'Nan, Stewart |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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