Christopher Coake

Christopher Coake (born November 28, 1971) is an American fiction writer.

Background

Coake is the author of a collection of short stories, We're in Trouble (Harcourt, 2005),[1] for which he was awarded the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2006,[2] and of the novel You Came Back (Grand Central, 2012). He was named by the 2007 issue of the British fiction journal Granta as one of the twenty "Best Young American Novelists."[3]

Coake currently resides in Reno, Nevada, where he teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno and directs their MFA program.[4] He received the Silver Pen Award from the Friends of the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries on November 14, 2013.

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References
  1. "We're in Trouble". Hartcourt Trade Publishers. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  2. "2006 PEN LITERARY AWARDS". PEN American Center. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  3. "Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2". Granta. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  4. "Christopher Coake". www.unr.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
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