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Darin Strauss (born March 1, 1970) is an American writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Both of his novels were The New York Times Notable Books; Strauss is a 2006 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and he currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. He teaches writing at New York University, for which he won a "Outstanding Dozen" teaching award in 2005.
Strauss has been called "a brave new voice in literature" by The Wall Street Journal, "a hugely talented writer with unlimited potential" by The Times of London, "one of the most sharp and spirited of his generation," by Powells Books, "sublime" and "brilliant" by The Boston Globe, "a magnificent and subtle writer" by Le Monde, a "master" by The Chicago Tribune, a novelist of "humor, humanity, and aching sadness" by The New York Times, "as lyrical as he is daring" by The New Yorker, "the most fearless of writers" by Salon.com, and "one of America's handful of young, great authors" by The Austin Chronicle.
He is married to the Newsweek senior writer Susannah Meadows. His work has been translated into fourteen languages.




