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Brad Watson

Brad Watson was the National Book Award shortlisted author of Last Days of the Dog Men, The Heaven of Mercury, and Miss Jane. Originally from Mississippi, at the time of his death he was a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Wyoming.

Brad Watson

Brad Watson was the National Book Award shortlisted author of Last Days of the Dog Men, The Heaven of Mercury, and Miss Jane. Originally from Mississippi, at the time of his death he was a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Wyoming.

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