John Wray (novelist)

John Wray (novelist)

John Wray (novelist) (1971- ) is a novelist. Born in Washington, DC of an American father and Austrian mother, he is a citizen of both countries. He grew up in Buffalo, New York and currently lives in Brooklyn.

Wray's first novel, "The Right Hand of Sleep", was published in 2001 and received a Whiting Writers' Award. In connection with his second novel, "Canaan’s Tongue", he did a 600-mile tour by raft on the Mississippi River in 2005. In 2007 Wray was chosen by Granta magazine as one of the "Best of Young American Novelists." His third novel, "Lowboy", is due out on March 3, 2009.

Wray was also frontman of Brooklyn band Marmalade, who released the album "Beautiful Soup" [http://www.insound.com/Marmalade_Beautiful_Soup_MP3/productmain/p/INS35105/] in 2003.

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/books/05raft.html An Author Indulges His Inner Twain] by David Carr in the July 5, 2005 New York Times


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