Eric Puchner is the author of the new novel Dream State. His other books include the novel Model Home, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and two collections of short stories, Last Day on Earth and Music Through the Floor, a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. His stories and personal essays have appeared in GQ, Granta, McSweeney’s, Tin House, and The Best American Short Stories 2012 and 2017. He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. An associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, he lives in Baltimore with his wife, novelist Katharine Noel, and their two children.
Eric Puchner is the author of the new novel Dream State. His other books include the novel Model Home, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and two collections of short stories, Last Day on Earth and Music Through the Floor, a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. His stories and personal essays have appeared in GQ, Granta, McSweeney’s, Tin House, and The Best American Short Stories 2012 and 2017. He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. An associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, he lives in Baltimore with his wife, novelist Katharine Noel, and their two children.
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