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Brian Keith Evenson

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BRIAN EVENSON is the author of a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection A Collapse of Horses (Coffee House Press 2016) and the novella The Warren (Tor.com 2016). He has also recently published Windeye (Coffee House Press 2012) and Immobility (Tor 2012), both of which were finalists for a Shirley Jackson Award. His novel Last Days won the American Library Association's award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel The Open Curtain (Coffee House Press) was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild Award. Other books include The Wavering Knife (which won the IHG Award for best story collection), Dark Property, and Altmann's Tongue. He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frémon, Claro, Jacques Jouet, Eric Chevillard, Antoine Volodine, Manuela Draeger, and David B. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship. His work has been translated into French, Italian, Greek Spanish, Japanese, Persian, and Slovenian. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Critical Studies Program at CalArts.
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He is the author of six books of fiction, most recently The Wavering Knife (which won the IHG Award for best story collection) and The Brotherhood of Mutilation. He has translated work by Chrstian Gailly, Jean Frèmon, and Jacques Jouet.
August 12, 1966
Ames, Iowa
Taught at Brigham Young University and Oklahoma State University, Director of the Literary Arts Program at Brown University
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He has received an O. Henry Prize as well as an NEA fellowship. The Wavering Knife won the IHG Award for the best story collection.

64 Works by Brian Keith Evenson

Title Role Year Genre
Amparo Author Short Story
Altmann's Tongue Author 1994 Short Story
The Prophets Author Short Story
Father of Lies Author 1998 Novel
Contagion Author 2000 Short Story
Bob Author Short Story
Altmann’s Tongue Author Short Story
Hébé Kills Jarry Author Short Story
Prairie Author Short Story
The Progenitor Author Short Story
Neighbors Author Short Story
The Din of Celestial Birds Author 1997 Short Story
The Din of Celestial Birds Author Short Story
The Death of the Old Man Author Short Story
Among the Living Author Short Story
One Thick Black Cord Author Short Story
Manna Author Short Story
Water and Angels Author Short Story
Legacy Author Short Story
The Specimen Author Short Story
Altmann in Bolivia Author Short Story
The Dead Child Author Short Story
Bird Author Short Story
The Killer Author Short Story
The Revolution Author Short Story
The Jar Author Short Story
A Difference in Ideology Author Short Story
Down the River Author Short Story
The Father, Unblinking Author Short Story
Killing Cats Author Short Story
The Munich Window Author Short Story
The Blank Author Short Story
A Slow Death Author Short Story
Extermination Author Short Story
Usurpation Author Short Story
The Abbreviated and Tragical History of the Auschwitz Barber Author Short Story
A Conversation with Brenner Author Short Story
Stung Author Short Story
My Possessions Author Short Story
After Omaha Author Short Story
Hey, Luciano! Author Short Story
Shift-Work Author Short Story
Job Eats Them Raw, with the Dogs Author Short Story
Hole Author Short Story
The Boly Stories Author Short Story
The Evanescence of Marion le Goff Author Short Story
Bodies of LIght Author Short Story
New Killers Author Short Story
Mix, Mex, Somebody Author Short Story
Her Other Bodies Author Short Story
Eye Author Short Story
The Sanza Affair Author Short Story
When Mormon Literature Becomes "Mormon" Author Interview / Panel
Evenson's Tongue Interviewee Interview / Panel
Bird Author Short Story
Fugue-State Author Short Story
Prophets and Brothers Author 1997 Fiction
Dark Property: An Affliction Author 2002 Novel
The Wavering Knife Author 2004
The Open Curtain Author 2006 Novel
Sanctified, In the Flesh Author 1996 Fiction
The Prophet's Dream Author 1995 Poetry
Blessing the Dog Author 1996 Fiction
David K. Daltridge Author 1998 Fiction
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