The Brief History of the Dead

Kevin Brockmeier is the author of three novels, The Brief History of the Dead, The Truth About Celia, and The Illumination. He has also published two short story collections, Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer. Brockmeier was named one of Granta magazine's Best Young American Novelists. He is also the recipient of the Borders Original Voices Award, three O. Henry Awards, the PEN USA Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NEA Grant. His work has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, The Best American Short Stories, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Part of the Wildness, Wilderness & Environmental Imagination Series.