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Brad Watson
Brad Watson
Awards
Winner — Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, 1997
Shortlisted — National Book Award, 2002
Shortlisted — PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 2011
Longlisted — National Book Award, 2016
Longlisted — International Dublin Literary Award, 2018
Books by Brad Watson
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories
Hardback, 2010
Finalist for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: "Watson's talent is singular, truly awesome; [his stories] are infused with an uncanny beauty."—A. M. Homes
Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories
Paperback, 2003
"His people and dogs—those wonderful dogs!—come alive with honest, thrumming energy." —The New York Times Book Review
The Heaven of Mercury: A Novel
Paperback, 2004
A National Book Award Finalist
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories
Paperback, 2011
Finalist for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: "Watson's talent is singular, truly awesome; [his stories] are infused with an uncanny beauty."—A. M. Homes
Miss Jane: A Novel
Hardback, 2016
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction: Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral.
Miss Jane: A Novel
Paperback, 2017
Longlisted for the National Book Award and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year
"Gorgeous…A writer of profound emotional depths." —New York Times Book Review
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories
E Book, 2011
Finalist for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: "Watson's talent is singular, truly awesome; [his stories] are infused with an uncanny beauty."—A. M. Homes
The Heaven of Mercury: A Novel
E Book, 2010
A National Book Award Finalist
Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories
E Book, 2016
"His people and dogs—those wonderful dogs!—come alive with honest, thrumming energy." —The New York Times Book Review
There Is Happiness: New and Selected Stories
Hardback, 2024
A posthumous collection of beloved and never-before-read stories from a titan of contemporary Southern fiction