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Joshua Ferris

Biography

Joshua Ferris

Joshua Ferris is the author of four novels --- THEN WE CAME TO THE END, THE UNNAMED, TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR and A CALLING FOR CHARLIE BARNES --- and a collection of stories, THE DINNER PARTY. He was a finalist for the National Book Award, winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and was named one of The New Yorker's "20 Under 40" writers in 2010. TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR won the Dylan Thomas Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta and Best American Short Stories. He lives in New York.

Joshua Ferris