Adam Haslett
1970
Adam Haslett is an American fiction writer who was born in December 24, 1970. He is the author of the short story collection; You Are Not a Stranger Here and also the novel Union Atlantic. Adam Haslett story collection finished as runners up in the Pulitzer Prize and also the National Book Award. His works have been translated into 18 dialects. Adam Haslets’ journalism and fiction stories have also featured in, Esquire, The O’Henry Prize Stories, Zoetrope All-Story, The Atlantic Monthly, New York Magazine, The Financial Times The New Yorker, The Nation, Best American Short Stories and National Public Radio’s Selected Shorts. He has also got fellowships from, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Fine Arts Work Center. In the year 2006, he was the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in short fiction stories. The PEN/Winship Award that is given to the best book by a New England author is also among the awards under his belt. He is a graduate of the Swarthmore College, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and Yale Law School. He also worked as a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Columbia University.