Illustration by Roger Haile

Allan Gurganus

Allan Gurganus is widely translated, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Adaptations of his fiction have earned four Emmys, and his stories have been appearing in The New Yorker since 1974. He lives in a small town in North Carolina.

Allan Gurganus

Allan Gurganus is widely translated, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Adaptations of his fiction have earned four Emmys, and his stories have been appearing in The New Yorker since 1974. He lives in a small town in North Carolina.

Books by Allan Gurganus

  • The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus

    Allan Gurganus

    Hardback, 2021

    NPR • Best Books of 2021 One of “the best writers of our time” (Ann Patchett) offers this hilarious yet haunting cycle of stories—all previously uncollected.
  • The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus

    Allan Gurganus

    E Book, 2021

    One of “the best writers of our time” (Ann Patchett) offers this hilarious yet haunting cycle of stories—all previously uncollected.
  • The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus

    Allan Gurganus

    Paperback, 2022

    One of “the best writers of our time” (Ann Patchett) offers this hilarious yet haunting cycle of stories—all previously uncollected.
  • Local Souls

    Allan Gurganus

    Hardback, 2013

    With the meteoric success of Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Allan Gurganus placed himself among America’s most original and emotionally engaged storytellers. If his first comic novel...
  • Local Souls

    Allan Gurganus

    Paperback, 2014

    A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
    Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award (Fiction) and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction
    A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection

    “This...

  • Decoy: A Novella

    Allan Gurganus

    Paperback, 2015

    “If there remains any doubt about Allan Gurganus’s literary greatness, Local Souls should put this to rest forever.”—Jamie Quatro, New York Times Book Review
  • Local Souls

    Allan Gurganus

    E Book, 2013

    A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
    Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award (Fiction) and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction
    A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection

    “This...

  • Decoy: A Novella

    Allan Gurganus

    E Book, 2015

    “If there remains any doubt about Allan Gurganus’s literary greatness, Local Souls should put this to rest forever.”—Jamie Quatro, New York Times Book Review