George Saunders is the author of the short story collections "Pastoralia," "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" (both New York Times Notable Books), and most recently, "In Persuasion Nation," which was published in April of this year. "CivilWarLand" was a Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. He is also the author of the novella-length illustrated fable, "The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil" and the New York Times bestselling children's book, "The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip," (illustrated by Lane Smith), which has won major children's literature prizes in Italy and the Netherlands. His stories have appeared in the O'Henry and Best American Short Story anthologies. In 2001, Saunders was selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the top 100 most creative people in entertainment, and by The New Yorker in 2000 as one of the best writers 40 and under. His piece on Dubai was recently selected for "Best American Travel Writing, 2005." A book of collected non-fiction will be published by Riverhead Books in 2007. Saunders teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

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