Andre Debus III (2013)

Andre Dubus III is the author of a collection of short fiction, The Cage Keeper and Other Stories, and the novels Bluesman, House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days, a New York Times bestseller. His memoir, Townie, was a #4 New York Times bestseller, a New York Times "Editors' Choice" and is listed on many "Top Ten Non-Fiction Book" lists of 2011, including The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Esquire magazine. House of Sand and Fog was a fiction finalist for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Booksense Book of the Year, and was an Oprah Book Club Selection and #1 New York Times bestseller.