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    Brad Watson

    Brad Watson (1955–2020) was the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Heaven of Mercury and Miss Jane, and two collections of stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives. His work has been recognized by the short list and long list of the National Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Great Lakes New Writers Award, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Fiction (twice), the Southern Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction, a National Endowment of the Arts Grant in Fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Harper Lee Award, and the Award in Letters granted by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He taught creative writing at Harvard University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Wyoming, Laramie.

    Brad Watson

    Brad Watson (1955–2020) was the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Heaven of Mercury and Miss Jane, and two collections of stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives. His work has been recognized by the short list and long list of the National Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Great Lakes New Writers Award, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Fiction (twice), the Southern Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction, a National Endowment of the Arts Grant in Fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Harper Lee Award, and the Award in Letters granted by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He taught creative writing at Harvard University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Wyoming, Laramie.

    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

      Brad Watson

      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

      Brad Watson

      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

      Brad Watson

      Paperback, 2004

      A National Book Award Finalist

    • Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories

      Brad Watson

      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

      Brad Watson

      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

      Brad Watson

      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

      Brad Watson

      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

      Brad Watson

      E Book, 2010

      A National Book Award Finalist

    • Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories

      Brad Watson

      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

      Brad Watson, Joy Williams

      Hardback, 2024

      A posthumous collection of beloved and never-before-read stories from a titan of contemporary Southern fiction

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