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| Born | April 13 1960 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Fiction writer, Teacher |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Fiction |
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (b. March 8 or April 13 1960, Detroit, Michigan) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. Born of Greek and Irish parents, he attended Grosse Pointe's private University Liggett School, then graduated from Brown University in 1983. He later earned an M.A. in Creative Writing from Stanford University. In 1986 he received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for his story Here Comes Winston, Full of the Holy Spirit. His 1993 novel, The Virgin Suicides, gained mainstream interest with the 1999 film adaptation by Sofia Coppola. He is very reluctant to appear in public or disclose details about his private life, except through Michigan-area book signings in which he details the influence of his high-school experiences on his writings. His 2002 novel, Middlesex, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He now lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter. As of fall 2007 he will join the faculty of Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing.
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Novels
- The Virgin Suicides (1993) (ISBN 0-446-67025-1)
- Middlesex (2002) (ISBN 0-374-19969-8) - Pulitzer Prize for fiction
- My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead (2008) (ISBN 978-0061240379)]]
Short stories
- "Air Mail" (Best American Short Stories, Proulx ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1997)
- "The Ancient Myths" (The Spatial Uncanny, James Casebere, Sean Kelly Gallery, 2001)
- "Baster" (Wonderful Town, Remnick ed., Random House 2000)
- "Early Music" (The New Yorker, Oct. 10, 2005, pp. 72-79)
- "The Speed of Sperm" (Granta, 1997)
- "Timeshare" (The Pushcart Prize XXIII, Henderson ed., Pushcart, 1999)
External links
- "At the Drive-in" - Short nonfiction piece for The New Yorker
- Full text of short story Timeshare
- Nicholl Fellowship Winners
