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Howard Norman

Biography

Howard Norman

Howard Norman is a three-time winner of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and a winner of the Lannan Award for fiction. His novels THE NORTHERN LIGHTS and THE BIRD ARTIST were both nominated for National Book Awards. He is also author of the novels THE MUSEUM GUARD, THE HAUNTING OF L, WHAT IS LEFT THE DAUGHTER, NEXT LIFE MIGHT BE KINDER, MY DARLING DETECTIVE and THE GHOST CLAUSE. He divides his time between East Calais, Vermont and Washington, D.C.

Howard Norman

Books by Howard Norman

by Howard Norman

This is an amazing and beautifully written novel about two museum guards, one an eccentric uncle, the other his orphaned nephew, DeFoe. By day they spend their time curating an art collection, breaking the silence of the museum with heated conversation; by night we learn about their loves and past histories.

by Howard Norman

The Bird Artist begins in 1911. Its narrator, Fabian Vas draws and paints the birds of Witless Bay, his remote Newfoundland coastal village home. In the first paragraph of his tale Fabian reveals that he has murdered the village lighthouse keeper, Botho August. Later, he confesses who and what drove him to his crime..