Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1998) Winner
Michael Byers
マイケル・バイヤーズ
Maikeru Baiyāzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ann Arbor, Michigan → Seattle, Washington (hometown)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Assistant professor
- Active Years
- 1996-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan English Department
- Nominations
- PEN/Hemingway Award (finalist) for The Coast of Good Intentions
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University of Michigan | Literary | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Oberlin College
Country:
United States
University of Michigan
Literary
/ Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction | The Coast of Good Intentions | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| — | Friends of American Writers Literary Award | Long for this World | — | Friends of American Writers | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1998
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
1999
Work:
The Coast of Good Intentions
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Friends of American Writers Literary Award
Work:
Long for this World
Organization:
Friends of American Writers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Coast of Good Intentions
1998 Short story collectionA collection of short stories set in his native Pacific Northwest.
familyrelationshipsethics
Long for this World
2003 NovelSet in his hometown of Seattle, Washington, and tells the story of a geneticist facing an ethical dilemma that might lead to a cure for a fatal childhood disease.
scientific ethicsfamilydisease
Percival's Planet
2010 NovelA novel about the discovery of Pluto in 1930. (UK: The Unfixed Stars)
discoveryhistory of scienceambition
Bibliography
- The Coast of Good Intentions (1998)
- Long for this World (2003)
- Percival's Planet (2010)
Legacy
American writer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Known for short stories set in the Pacific Northwest and novels exploring ethical dilemmas in science.
Trivia
- Married to the poet Susan Hutton.