>Denis Johnson wins National Book Award

by Cliff | Posted on

>The winners of the National Book Award were announced last night. The winner in fiction was Denis Johnson for Tree of Smoke, about which I’ve been hearing great things. I’ve had some chances to buy it but I was waiting for my local independent store to get it (impatient tapping of foot). Here’s an interview.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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