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Adam Johnson (writer)
American novelist and short story writer (born )
Adam Johnson (born July 12, ) is an American novelist and short story writer. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Orphan Master's Son, and the National Book Award for his story collection Fortune Smiles.
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He is also a professor of English at Stanford University with a focus on creative writing.[1]
Early life
Johnson was born in South Dakota and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.[2] He was raised in Tempe, Arizona and attended Marcos de Niza High School.
Education
Johnson earned a BA in Journalism from Arizona State University in , though he studied principally with the fiction writer Ron Carlson. He earned an MFA from the writing program at McNeese State University in , where he studied with Robert Olen Butler and John Wood.
In , he earned a PhD in English from Florida State University. Janet Burroway directed his dissertation.
Career
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