Brandon Hobson

Brandon Wade Hobson is an American writer. Hobson, a National Book Award finalist, is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

Career

Hobson received a Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University. His writing has appeared in such places as The Believer, McSweeney's Quarterly, Conjunctions, Noon (Literary Annual), American Short Fiction, and in many other places. He teaches creative writing at New Mexico State University [1] and at the Institute of American Indian Arts.[2]

Hobson's novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking, was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction.[3] It won the Reading the West Book Award,[4] was a finalist for the St. Francis College Literary Prize,[5] and was one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018.[6] On NPR's Code Switch, author Min Jin Lee described it as "an extraordinary book."[7]

Awards and honors

Works
  • Deep Ellum (2014)
  • Desolation of Avenues Untold (2015)
  • Where the Dead Sit Talking (2018)
  • The Removed (2021)
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References
  1. "Brandon Hobson". Brandon Hobson.
  2. https://iaia.edu/academics/degree-programs/creative-writing-mfa/mfa-mentors/
  3. "Finalist--National Book Award". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  4. https://www.mountainsplains.org/reading-the-west-winners-2/
  5. St. Francis College Literary PrizeSt. Francis College Literary Prize
  6. "Best Literary Fiction of 2018 (pg. 1)". Kirkus Reviews.
  7. "Code Switch Book Club". NPR.org.
  8. "Finalist - National Book Awards".
  9. St. Francis College Literary Prize
  10. International Dublin Literary Award
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