about the author
Stephen Dau
Author of The Book of Jonas
Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Stephen Dau attended the University of Pittsburgh before working in post-war reconstruction in the Balkans and international philanthropy in Washington, DC. He subsequently studied creative writing at Johns Hopkins University and received an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. In addition to his debut novel, The Book of Jonas, his work has appeared in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, McSweeney’s, and MSNBC, among other places. He lives in Brussels.
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"A Requiem: The Book of Jonas"
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"The Debut: The Book of Jonas"
School Library Journal
"Achieving Bliss in Sri Lanka"
MSNBC
"Epistle to an Irate Customer"
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"Emotional State 3A"
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Featured Book
The Book of Jonas
“That the human cost of war includes not only those who die but also those whose fate it is to live unhinged from all that they know is the truth at the heart of The Book of Jonas. In elegant, pitch-perfect prose, Dau charts the paths of three such displaced persons with a restraint that only heightens their emotional turmoil. Jonas himself is an unforgettable character through whose eyes we see the intricacies of war's deceptions. This is an utterly riveting debut.”
—Marisa Silver, author of Alone With You and The God of War
Speaking Topics
- The Book of Jonas
- Fiction as a Response to War
- Leaving America: Writing from Outside the Homeland
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