Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon is the author of several previous books, including Ill Will , a national bestseller, named one of the ten best books of 2017 by Publishers Weekly . Other works include the short story collection Stay Awake (2012), a finalist for the Story Prize; the national bestseller Await Your Reply; and Among the Missing , a finalist for the National Book Award. Chaon's fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize Anthologies, and the O. Henry Collection. He has...See more
Dan Chaon is the author of several previous books, including Ill Will , a national bestseller, named one of the ten best books of 2017 by Publishers Weekly . Other works include the short story collection Stay Awake (2012), a finalist for the Story Prize; the national bestseller Await Your Reply; and Among the Missing , a finalist for the National Book Award. Chaon's fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize Anthologies, and the O. Henry Collection. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction and the Shirley Jackson Award, and he was the recipient of an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chaon lives in Cleveland. See less
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Dan Chaon book reviews
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Await Your Reply
Not exactly a highrise. But there are 3 stories.
Part of the fun of this book is trying to figure out if and how its three distinctly different tales will ultimately connect. Will A be tied to B? Will B share some link with C? Spoiler alert: A,B ... Read More
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You Remind Me of Me
WOW, powerful reading
by CMac, Apr 15, 2010
OK, I'm in love with this author. I am amazed that someone has the courage to get gritty and real in this day and time. Raw story, fabulous book. Character development is dead on. I gave the book ... Read More
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Await Your Reply
A good read with lots of twists
by Peter B, Apr 14, 2011
The author takes three strands and weaves together an intriguing tale with stolen identities and several twists. Not all the "loose ends" are tidied up in the end, but we are left to envision what ... Read More