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Adam Johnson is Associate Professor of English with emphasis in creative writing at Stanford University. A Whiting Writers Award winner, his work has appeared in EsquireHarpers, Playboy, GQ, Paris Review, Granta, Tin House, The New York Times and Best American Short Stories. He is the author of Emporium, a short-story collection, and the novel Parasites Like Us. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages. Johnson was a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow.  His novel The Orphan Masters Son was published in 2012 by Random House and received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. He also has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2013-14.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
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Collections
   Emporium (2002)
   Fortune Smiles (2015)
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Oleander City (2022)
Matt Bondurant
"With austere prose, compelling characters, and a gripping true story, Oleander City bears down on its characters like a category five storm, forcing three lost souls to discover who they truly are. More timely than one would think, this tale of natural catastrophe, racial injustice, and lawlessness ultimately illuminates the humanity that motivates and unites us all. A certifiable page-turner, Oleander City pulls at you with the dark undertow of an America that isn't quite bygone."
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The Return of Faraz Ali (2022)
Aamina Ahmad
"Aamina Ahmad has done the impossible: made her literary debut with an enduring classic. Essential and compelling."
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Out There (2022)
Kate Folk
"Kate Folk's stories inhabit otherworldly realms where exquisite language and beguiling characters excavate the very nature of love and existence."

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Anthologies containing stories by Adam Johnson
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (2016)
(Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, book 2)
edited by
John Joseph Adams and Karen Joy Fowler
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The Best American Short Stories 2009 (2009)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Alice Sebold

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Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (2013) : The Orphan Master's Son
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book winner (2015) : Fortune Smiles


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