In addition to his most recent work, A FEW SECONDS OF RADIANT FILMSTRIP, Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels THE ILLUMINATION, THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEAD and THE TRUTH ABOUT CELIA; the story collections THINGS THAT FALL FROM THE SKY and THE VIEW FROM THE SEVENTH LAYER; the children's novels CITY OF NAMES and GROOVES: A Kind of Mystery. His work has been translated into 17 languages. He has published his stories in such venues as The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeney’s, Zoetrope, Tin House, The Oxford American, The Best American Short Stories, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and New Stories from the South. He has recieved the Borders Original Voices Award, three O. Henry Awards (one, a first prize), the PEN USA Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NEA Grant. In 2007, he was named one of Granta magazine’s Best Young American Novelists He teaches frequently at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and he lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was raised.

Books by Kevin Brockmeier

The Brief History of the Dead

by Kevin Brockmeier - Fiction

When a virus wipes out mankind, the dead gather in "The City" to remain as long as someone on Earth remembers them. Laura's parents, co-workers, friends and acquaintances reside there but Laura, isolated at an Antarctic research center, has no idea how truly alone she is...or that so many dead people rely on her memories alone in order to continue their afterlife existence.