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

There Is Happiness: New and Selected Stories
Brad Watson, Joy Williams
E Book
A posthumous collection of beloved and never-before-read stories from a titan of contemporary Southern fiction
There Is Happiness: New and Selected Stories
Brad Watson, Joy Williams
Paperback, 2026
A posthumous collection of beloved and never-before-read stories from a titan of contemporary Southern fiction



