DAN CHAON

Dan Chaon's book of short stories, 'Among the Missing', was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award. In addition, the collection was listed as one of the ten best books of 2001 by The American Library Association, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Las Vegas Mercury, and Entertainment Weekly. It was also cited by Publisher's Weekly, The Washinton Post and The New York Times as one of the Notable Books of the year. The collection has been translated into several languages.

Chaon's stories have appeared in many journals and anthologies, and have been included in Best American Short Stories of 1996 and 2003, The Pushcart Prize 2000, 2002, and 2003, and the O'Henry Prize Stories, 2001, where his story "Big Me" was chosen as the 2nd Prize winner. His first collection of short stories, 'Fitting Ends', was published by Northwestern University Press in 1996, and has been reissued by Ballantine Books (2003) in a revised edition. A novel, 'You Remind Me of Me', is forthcoming from Ballantine Books in May 2004.

Chaon lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with his wife and two sons. He is the Associate Professor in the Humanities at Oberlin College.