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Smiling, author and teacher Brian Evenson wears a grey suit jacket, black shirt and black famed glasses standing in front of a bookshelf and lamp

About this year's Flash Fiction Mastermind

Brian Evenson


BRIAN EVENSON is the author of a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection Good Night, Sleep Tight.  His story collection Song for the Unraveling of the World won the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times' Ray Bradbury Prize. His novel Last Days won the American Library Association's RUSA award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel The Open Curtain was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild Award. His 2003 collection The Wavering Knife won the IHG Award for best story collection. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes, an NEA fellowship, and a Guggenheim Award. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Critical Studies Program at CalArts.



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