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Mark Wisniewski

マーク・ウィズニェフスキ

Māku Wisuniefusuki

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
American
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Editor, Poet
Active Years
1995-2024
Affiliations
New York Stories (fiction editor), California Quarterly

Education

University of California, Davis
Country: United States
Georgetown University Law Center
Law
Country: United States

Awards

Pushcart Prize
Result: winner
Best American Short Stories
Result: selected
Isherwood Fellowship in Fiction
Result: awarded
Tobias Wolff Award
Result: first place
Gival Short Story Award
Organization: Gival Press
Result: first place
Kay Cattarulla Award
Category: Best Short Story
Result: first place

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman

1997 Novel

A novel about the confessions of a Polish used car salesman.

Show Up, Look Good

2011 Novel

A novel set in modern Manhattan.

Watch Me Go

2015 Novel

Third novel praised by Salman Rushdie and others.

All Weekend with the Lights On: Short Stories

2001 Short story collection

Collection of short stories.

One of Us One Night: Poems

2006 Poetry collection

Poetry chapbook.

Bibliography

  • Writing & Revising Your Fiction (1995)
  • Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman (1997)
  • All Weekend with the Lights On: Short Stories (2001)
  • One of Us One Night: Poems (2006)
  • Show Up, Look Good (2011)
  • Watch Me Go (2015)

Legacy

Pushcart Prize winner and Best American Short Stories author with over 100 short stories published in prestigious magazines.