Kevin John Brockmeier | |
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| Born | (1972-12-06)December 6, 1972 (age 52) Hialeah, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Education | Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School Southwest Missouri State University Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) |
| Notable works | Things That Fall from the Sky The View From The Seventh Layer The Brief History of the Dead |
Kevin John Brockmeier (born December 6, 1972)[1] is an Americanwriter offantasy and literaryfiction. His best known work is the 2006 novelThe Brief History of the Dead.
Brockmeier was born inHialeah, Florida, and raised inLittle Rock, Arkansas.[2] He is a graduate ofParkview Arts and Science Magnet High School (1991) andSouthwest Missouri State University (1995). He taught at theIowa Writers' Workshop, where he received his MFA in 1997, and lives in Little Rock.
His short stories have been printed in numerous publications and he has published two collections of stories, two children's novels, and two fantasy novels.
Brockmeier has won threeO. Henry Prizes, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award, the Booker Worthen Literary Prize, and thePorter Fund Literary Prize.[3]
For more information on individual stories, seeThings That Fall from the Sky
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