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INFORMATION ON & LINKS TO THE WRITER GEORGE SAUNDERS
George Saunders is the fiercely imaginative author of two short story
collections and a children's book. Many of his stories take place in
dystopic but wholly believable amusement parks. He has been named one of
America's best young writers by The New Yorker. He is very funny.
life
George Saunders teaches at Syracuse University. The university
website describes him thusly: "George Saunders has published a
collection of stories called CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. His fiction has
appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Story, and many other publications.
He won the National Magazine Award in 1994 for his story The '400-pound
CEO' and again in 1996 for the story 'Bounty.' He has explored for oil in
Sumatra, played guitar in a Texas bar band, and worked in a
slaughterhouse."
works
George
Saunders is the author of CivilWarLand
in Bad Decline, Pastoralia,
and The Very
Persistent Gappers of Frip. The first two are short story collections.
The second is a children's book.
links
More information on this author can be found at the following places:
Last updated 15 February 2001
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