David Means

David Means was born and raised in Michigan. His second collection of stories, Assorted Fire Events, earned the Los Angles Times Book Prize for fiction and a National Book Critics Circle nomination. His third book, The Secret Goldfish, received widespread critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize. His fourth book, The Spot, was selected as a 2010 Notable Book by The New York Times, and won an O. Henry Prize. His books have been translated into eight languages, and his fiction has appeared The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Esquire, Zoetrope, The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and numerous other publications. He lives in Nyack, New York, and teaches at Vassar College.
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David Means at the FSG Reading Series
David Means reads "The Blade" at the Russian Samovar in New York City. His newest collection of short fiction is THE SPOT
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David Means
Picador
Picador
"Poetic, insightful, and deeply moving. David Means is one of my very favorite writers." —Tara Westover, author of Educated
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Assorted Fire Events
David Means; Foreword by Donald Antrim
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Upon its publication, Assorted Fire Events won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and received tremendous critical praise. Ranging across...
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