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David Foster Wallace

Mailing Address:
c/o Frederick Hell Associates
1842 Union St.
San Francisco, CA  94123

County: McLean

Phone: c/o 415-921-2910

Genre: Fiction/Non-Fiction

Periodical Publications:

  • Fiction has appeared in such publications as Harper's, Playboy, Fiction, Fiction International, Grand Street, Harvard Review, and many others.
  • Non-fiction has appeared in such publications as The Missouri Review, Harper's, Esquire, Premiere, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, and many others.

Book Publications:

  • Infinite Jest (novel), Little, Brown; February 1996
  • Girl With Curious Hair (stories), W.W. Norton, November 1989
  • The Broom of the System (novel), Viking, January 1987

Forthcoming Publications:

  • Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (stories), Little, Brown, & Co.; April 1999

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

  • Work has been selected by Best American Essays (1998), The Best American Sportswriting 1997, The Pushcart Prize XVIII, Best American Short Stories of 1992, and many others
  • 1998 Aga Kahn Prize for Fiction, The Paris Review
  • 1997 John D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
  • 1996 Lannan Foundation Award for Literature
  • 1989 National Endowment for the Arts Writer's Fellowship
  • 1989 Illinois Arts Council Award for Non-Fiction

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

    Recent Workshops:

      Present Employment:

      • Author and professor of creative writing, Illinois State University.

      Preferred Audience:

        Willing to travel:

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