>Pen/Faulkner Awards

>The 2008 Winner of the Pen/Faulkner Award is Kate Christenson for The Great Man.

The other finalists are

Annie Dillard, The Maytrees
David Leavitt, The Indian Clerk
T.M. McNaly, The Gateway: Stories
Ron Rash, Chemistry and Other Stories

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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