Reif Larsen

Reif
Larsen

Reif Larsen is the author of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and has now been made into a film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amélie.

He studied at Brown University and has taught at Columbia University. His essays and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, the GuardianTin HouseThe Millions and The Believer. He lives in Scotland.

Reif Larsen is the author of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and has now been made into a film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amélie.

He studied at Brown University and has taught at Columbia University. His essays and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, the GuardianTin HouseThe Millions and The Believer. He lives in Scotland.

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