KEVIN BROCKMEIER

'Kevin Brockmeier' (born c.1972) is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. His short stories have been printed in numerous publications and he has published a collection of stories, two children's novels, and two fantasy novels. He is a graduate of Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School, Class of 1991. He taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop (where he received his MFA in 1997) and lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was reared.

Contents
Published Works
Story collections
Novels
For younger readers
Misc. stories
Awards and honors
References
External links

Published Works


Story collections


★ ''Things That Fall from the Sky'' (New York: Pantheon Books, 2002, ISBN 0-375-42134-3)
Novels


★ ''The Truth About Celia'' (New York: Pantheon Books, 2003, ISBN 0-375-42135-1)

★ ''The Brief History of the Dead'' (New York: Pantheon Books, 2006, ISBN 0-375-42369-9)
For younger readers


★ ''City of Names'' (Viking, 2002)

★ ''Grooves: A Kind of Mystery'' (New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2006, ISBN 0-06-073691-7)
Misc. stories


★ "The Brief History of the Dead" (published in ''The New Yorker'' September 8, 2003; used as the first chapter of the novel by the same name)
For more information on individual stories, see ''Things That Fall from the Sky''

Awards and honors



O. Henry Award (2002 for the short story "The Ceiling")

Nelson Algren Award

★ Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award

★ James Michener–Paul Engle Fellowship

National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient

References



★ "About the Author" in ''The Brief History of the Dead''. New York: Pantheon Books, 2006. ISBN 0-375-42369-9.

★ McMyne, Mary. "Turning Inward: A Conversation with Kevin Brockmeier", ''Del Sol Literary Dialogues'', Web del Sol/Algonkian Workshops. (Retrieved October 11, 2006).

★ Windling, Terry. "Featured Artist: Kevin Brockmeier and Kelly Link". Interstitial Arts, 2003. (Retrieved October 11, 2006).

External links



"The Brief History of the Dead". Kevin Brockmeier site at Random House.

"Kevin Brockmeier Interview". EarthGoat. April 3, 2006.

"Turning Inward: A Conversation with Kevin Brockmeier". by Mary McMyne. Web del Sol/Algonkian Workshops.

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