Dan Chaon (born 1964) is a notable American writer. Chaon's last name is pronounced "Shawn".
His first novel was You Remind Me of Me (2004). His short-story collections Fitting Ends (1996) and Among the Missing (2001) were both well-received; the latter was a finalist for a National Book Award and was also named one of the year's ten best books by the American Library Association and as a notable book of the year by The New York Times.. His 2012 short story collection, Stay Awake, was a finalist for The Story Prize.
Chaon was adopted and grew up in a village of 20 people outside of Sidney, Nebraska. His father was a construction worker and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. As a middle schooler, Chaon wrote a fan letter to Ray Bradbury, beginning a correspondence that continued for several years. Chaon graduated from Northwestern and received his MFA from Syracuse. He was married to the late writer Sheila Schwartz and has two teenage sons. He lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and teaches creative writing at Oberlin College, where he has worked with such students as Ishmael Beah, Emma Straub, and Lena Dunham.
Dan Chaon shares the writing advice he received from Ray Bradbury
When he was 13, Dan Chaon—the author of bestseller "Ill Will" and National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing"—corresponded with Ray Bradbury. He shared with us two pieces of writing advice that Bradbury gave him, which he now shares with his students at Oberlin.
He also recommends two current authors who have grabbed his attention.
published: 18 May 2017
Dan Chaon talks about what haunts him
Dan Chaon has written some haunting stories, including the recent bestseller "Ill Will" and the National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing." He explained to us what haunts him and how he uses that in his writing.
published: 18 May 2017
Dan Chaon presents Sleepwalk in conversation with Shawn Vestal
Sleepwalk (Henry Holt) is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near-future America with a big-hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed novelist Dan Chaon. Sleepwalk’s hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many aliases that he simply thinks of himself as the Barely Blur. At 50 years old, he’s been living off the grid for over half his life. He’s never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and a passion for LSD microdosing, he spends his time hopscotching across state lines in his beloved camper van, running sometimes shady often dangerous errands for a powerful and ruthless operation he’s never troubled himself to learn too much about. He has lots of connections, but no true ties. Hi...
published: 15 Jun 2022
Dan Chaon: 2017 National Book Festival
Dan Chaon discusses "Ill Will" at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Dan Chaon is a novelist and short story writer. Chaon completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern and received his M.A. from Syracuse. His work "Among the Missing" was a 2001 finalist for the National Book Award. Currently, he is the Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Oberlin College. The national best-seller "Ill Will" is his newest novel.
For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8105
published: 27 Nov 2017
Dan Chaon: Sleepwalk w/ Rumaan Alam
Buy SLEEPWALK, as well as Dan and Rumaan's backlist, here: https://booksaremagic.net/sleepwalk!!
published: 25 May 2022
Dan Chaon discusses Ill Will's "soundtrack"
Music has always influenced Dan Chaon's writing, and Chaon tells us what songs influenced his new bestseller, "Ill Will."
He also explains why writing for television is even more frustrating than writing a novel.
When he was 13, Dan Chaon—the author of bestseller "Ill Will" and National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing"—corresponded with Ray Bradbury. He shared wit...
When he was 13, Dan Chaon—the author of bestseller "Ill Will" and National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing"—corresponded with Ray Bradbury. He shared with us two pieces of writing advice that Bradbury gave him, which he now shares with his students at Oberlin.
He also recommends two current authors who have grabbed his attention.
When he was 13, Dan Chaon—the author of bestseller "Ill Will" and National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing"—corresponded with Ray Bradbury. He shared with us two pieces of writing advice that Bradbury gave him, which he now shares with his students at Oberlin.
He also recommends two current authors who have grabbed his attention.
Dan Chaon has written some haunting stories, including the recent bestseller "Ill Will" and the National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing." He explained t...
Dan Chaon has written some haunting stories, including the recent bestseller "Ill Will" and the National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing." He explained to us what haunts him and how he uses that in his writing.
Dan Chaon has written some haunting stories, including the recent bestseller "Ill Will" and the National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing." He explained to us what haunts him and how he uses that in his writing.
Sleepwalk (Henry Holt) is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near-future America with a big-hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed novelis...
Sleepwalk (Henry Holt) is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near-future America with a big-hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed novelist Dan Chaon. Sleepwalk’s hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many aliases that he simply thinks of himself as the Barely Blur. At 50 years old, he’s been living off the grid for over half his life. He’s never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and a passion for LSD microdosing, he spends his time hopscotching across state lines in his beloved camper van, running sometimes shady often dangerous errands for a powerful and ruthless operation he’s never troubled himself to learn too much about. He has lots of connections, but no true ties. His longest relationships are with an old rescue dog that has post-traumatic stress, and a childhood friend as deeply entrenched in the underworld as he is, who, lately, he’s less and less sure he can trust. Out of the blue, one of Will's many burner phones heralds a call from a 20-year-old woman claiming to be his biological daughter. She says she’s the product of one of his long-ago sperm donations; he’s half certain she’s AI. She needs his help. She’s entrenched in a widespread and nefarious plot involving Will’s employers, and for Will to continue to have any contact with her increasingly fuzzes the line between the people he is working for and the people he’s running from. With his signature blend of haunting emotional realism and fast-paced intrigue, Chaon populates his fractured America with characters who ring all too true. Gazing both back to the past and forward to an inevitable-enough-seeming future, Sleepwalk examines where we’ve been and where we’re going and the connections that bind us, no matter how far we travel to dodge them or how cleverly we hide. Chaon was joined in conversation by Shawn Vestal, author of Godforsaken Idaho.
Get a copy of Sleepwalk here: https://www.powells.com/book/sleepwalk-9781250175212
Sleepwalk (Henry Holt) is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near-future America with a big-hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed novelist Dan Chaon. Sleepwalk’s hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many aliases that he simply thinks of himself as the Barely Blur. At 50 years old, he’s been living off the grid for over half his life. He’s never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and a passion for LSD microdosing, he spends his time hopscotching across state lines in his beloved camper van, running sometimes shady often dangerous errands for a powerful and ruthless operation he’s never troubled himself to learn too much about. He has lots of connections, but no true ties. His longest relationships are with an old rescue dog that has post-traumatic stress, and a childhood friend as deeply entrenched in the underworld as he is, who, lately, he’s less and less sure he can trust. Out of the blue, one of Will's many burner phones heralds a call from a 20-year-old woman claiming to be his biological daughter. She says she’s the product of one of his long-ago sperm donations; he’s half certain she’s AI. She needs his help. She’s entrenched in a widespread and nefarious plot involving Will’s employers, and for Will to continue to have any contact with her increasingly fuzzes the line between the people he is working for and the people he’s running from. With his signature blend of haunting emotional realism and fast-paced intrigue, Chaon populates his fractured America with characters who ring all too true. Gazing both back to the past and forward to an inevitable-enough-seeming future, Sleepwalk examines where we’ve been and where we’re going and the connections that bind us, no matter how far we travel to dodge them or how cleverly we hide. Chaon was joined in conversation by Shawn Vestal, author of Godforsaken Idaho.
Get a copy of Sleepwalk here: https://www.powells.com/book/sleepwalk-9781250175212
Dan Chaon discusses "Ill Will" at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Dan Chaon is a novelist and short...
Dan Chaon discusses "Ill Will" at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Dan Chaon is a novelist and short story writer. Chaon completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern and received his M.A. from Syracuse. His work "Among the Missing" was a 2001 finalist for the National Book Award. Currently, he is the Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Oberlin College. The national best-seller "Ill Will" is his newest novel.
For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8105
Dan Chaon discusses "Ill Will" at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Dan Chaon is a novelist and short story writer. Chaon completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern and received his M.A. from Syracuse. His work "Among the Missing" was a 2001 finalist for the National Book Award. Currently, he is the Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Oberlin College. The national best-seller "Ill Will" is his newest novel.
For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8105
Music has always influenced Dan Chaon's writing, and Chaon tells us what songs influenced his new bestseller, "Ill Will."
He also explains why writing for tele...
Music has always influenced Dan Chaon's writing, and Chaon tells us what songs influenced his new bestseller, "Ill Will."
He also explains why writing for television is even more frustrating than writing a novel.
Music has always influenced Dan Chaon's writing, and Chaon tells us what songs influenced his new bestseller, "Ill Will."
He also explains why writing for television is even more frustrating than writing a novel.
When he was 13, Dan Chaon—the author of bestseller "Ill Will" and National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing"—corresponded with Ray Bradbury. He shared with us two pieces of writing advice that Bradbury gave him, which he now shares with his students at Oberlin.
He also recommends two current authors who have grabbed his attention.
Dan Chaon has written some haunting stories, including the recent bestseller "Ill Will" and the National Book Award finalist "Among the Missing." He explained to us what haunts him and how he uses that in his writing.
Sleepwalk (Henry Holt) is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near-future America with a big-hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed novelist Dan Chaon. Sleepwalk’s hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many aliases that he simply thinks of himself as the Barely Blur. At 50 years old, he’s been living off the grid for over half his life. He’s never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and a passion for LSD microdosing, he spends his time hopscotching across state lines in his beloved camper van, running sometimes shady often dangerous errands for a powerful and ruthless operation he’s never troubled himself to learn too much about. He has lots of connections, but no true ties. His longest relationships are with an old rescue dog that has post-traumatic stress, and a childhood friend as deeply entrenched in the underworld as he is, who, lately, he’s less and less sure he can trust. Out of the blue, one of Will's many burner phones heralds a call from a 20-year-old woman claiming to be his biological daughter. She says she’s the product of one of his long-ago sperm donations; he’s half certain she’s AI. She needs his help. She’s entrenched in a widespread and nefarious plot involving Will’s employers, and for Will to continue to have any contact with her increasingly fuzzes the line between the people he is working for and the people he’s running from. With his signature blend of haunting emotional realism and fast-paced intrigue, Chaon populates his fractured America with characters who ring all too true. Gazing both back to the past and forward to an inevitable-enough-seeming future, Sleepwalk examines where we’ve been and where we’re going and the connections that bind us, no matter how far we travel to dodge them or how cleverly we hide. Chaon was joined in conversation by Shawn Vestal, author of Godforsaken Idaho.
Get a copy of Sleepwalk here: https://www.powells.com/book/sleepwalk-9781250175212
Dan Chaon discusses "Ill Will" at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Dan Chaon is a novelist and short story writer. Chaon completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern and received his M.A. from Syracuse. His work "Among the Missing" was a 2001 finalist for the National Book Award. Currently, he is the Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Oberlin College. The national best-seller "Ill Will" is his newest novel.
For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8105
Music has always influenced Dan Chaon's writing, and Chaon tells us what songs influenced his new bestseller, "Ill Will."
He also explains why writing for television is even more frustrating than writing a novel.
Dan Chaon (born 1964) is a notable American writer. Chaon's last name is pronounced "Shawn".
His first novel was You Remind Me of Me (2004). His short-story collections Fitting Ends (1996) and Among the Missing (2001) were both well-received; the latter was a finalist for a National Book Award and was also named one of the year's ten best books by the American Library Association and as a notable book of the year by The New York Times.. His 2012 short story collection, Stay Awake, was a finalist for The Story Prize.
Chaon was adopted and grew up in a village of 20 people outside of Sidney, Nebraska. His father was a construction worker and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. As a middle schooler, Chaon wrote a fan letter to Ray Bradbury, beginning a correspondence that continued for several years. Chaon graduated from Northwestern and received his MFA from Syracuse. He was married to the late writer Sheila Schwartz and has two teenage sons. He lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and teaches creative writing at Oberlin College, where he has worked with such students as Ishmael Beah, Emma Straub, and Lena Dunham.
Sneakybird, a chicken restaurant founded by Dan Chaon, the former CEO of Valley-based NativeGrill & Wings, and his son Nathan Chaon, has signed a development agreement to add multiple Maricopa County locations ... .
She went boating from the family compound in the Florida Gulf; the boat was found empty a week later and her body a week after that ... Events ... Sunday ... Monday ... Saturday, Dan Chaon (“Sleepwalk”) talks to Kyle Winkler about his fantasy novel “Grasslands.”.
Nealon returns from a few months in prison to an empty house, his wife and young son vanished ... It’s a difficult-to-categorize book, in the same way that Dan Chaon novels such as “Await Your Reply” are tough to pin down ... .
Nealon returns from a few months in prison to an empty house, his wife and young son vanished ...It’s a difficult-to-categorize book, in the same way that Dan Chaon novels such as “Await Your Reply” are tough to pin down ... .
Nealon returns from a few months in prison to an empty house, his wife and young son vanished ...Bleak but beautiful ... It’s a difficult-to-categorize book, in the same way that Dan Chaon novels such as “Await Your Reply” are tough to pin down.
By Chris Hewitt . Tribune News Service. January 11, 2024 at 11.15 a.m ...Bleak but beautiful ... It’s a difficult-to-categorize book, in the same way that Dan Chaon novels such as “Await Your Reply” are tough to pin down ... ____ ABOUT THE BOOK ... $27. .
Nealon returns from a few months in prison to an empty house, his wife and young son vanished ...It's a difficult-to-categorize book, in the same way that Dan Chaon novels such as "Await Your Reply" are tough to pin down ... This Plague of Souls. By ... .
Related... “The Museum of Failures ... “Sleepwalk” by Dan Chaon (Little/BrownBook, 2022/2023) This one is anything by somnolent ... Chaon delivers an irreverent page-turner with charm, chills and ties that bind with late-stage America as the backdrop. (Note.
When the body of an off-duty policeman is found on the property of a right-wing blogger, it’s clear who the prime suspect is ...Main St., Hudson.Events ... Sunday ... Dan Chaon (“Sleepwalk”) talks to Edan Lepucki about her novel “Time’s Mouth,” 7 to 8 p.m ...
I lurched out of the cab and approached the darkened doorway ... It was New York City. I was on vacation ... A book lover ... • • • ... Q ... Q ... Dan Chaon, my creative writing professor, introduced me to so many writers I love today, like George Saunders and Joy Williams.
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