2010 Presenters
Joshua Ferris
Joshua Ferris graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in English and Philosophy in 1996. He then moved to Chicago where he worked in advertising for several years before obtaining an MFA in writing from UC Irvine. His first published story, "Mrs. Blue", appeared in the Iowa Review in 1999. His debut novel, Then We Came to the End, was greeted by positive reviews from The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Esquire, and Slate, has been published in twenty-five languages, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and received the 2007 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best debut novel by an American author.
Ferris’ new novel The Unnamed was published in January 2010. Fiametta Rocco, Editor of Books and Arts at The Economist, called it "the best new novel I have read in the past ten years.”
LINKS:
The Huffington Post interviews Ferris about The Unnamed
Book Browse interviews Ferris about his background and writing
Ferris' Newtonville Books Questionnaire
Review of The Unnamed from The New York Times
Review of The Unnamed from Slate Magazine
