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Reading by MacArthur Award Winner George Saunders April 18 March 23, 2007 -- George Saunders is the author of the short story collections Pastoralia, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (both New York Times Notable Books), and most recently, In Persuasion Nation. Saunders will be in Oberlin for a Reading on April 18 in the Science Center’s Craig Lecture Hall. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. CivilWarLand in Bad Decline was a Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. In Persuasion Nation is one of three finalists for the 2006 STORY Prize for best short story collection of the year. Saunders is also the author of the novella-length illustrated fable, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil the New York Times bestselling children's book, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, illustrated by Lane Smith, (which has won major children’s literature prizes in Italy and the Netherlands), and a forthcoming book of selected non-fiction, The Braindead Megaphone. His work has been translated into many languages, and has appeared in the O’Henry, Best American Short Story, Best Non-Required Reading, and Best American Travel Writing anthologies. In 2001, Saunders was selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 100 top most creative people in entertainment, and by The New Yorker in 2002 and one of the best writers 40 and under. In 2006, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and named a MacArthur Fellow. - ### - Media Contact: Scott Wargo < back to current press releases
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