Brooks Hansen

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Brooks Hansen
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	United States
Writing period	1990 - present
Genres	Literary fiction
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Brooks Hansen is an American novelist, best known for his 1995 book The Chess Garden. He has also written one young adult's novel.

[edit] Works

• Boone (1990) Co-written with childhood friend and Harvard classmate Nick Davis. A fictional documentary-style biography of a fictional performance artist and painter. Named a New York Times Notable Book.
• The Chess Garden (1995) A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Selected for the Fall 1995 Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" program. Publishers' Weekly Best Book of the Year, 1995.
• Caesar's Antlers (1997) For young adults
• Perlman's Ordeal: A Novel (1999) A New York Times Notable Book.
• The Monsters of St. Helena (2003) A fictional account of Napolean Bonapart's final years on St. Helena. Named A New York Times Notable Book.
• The Brotherhood of Joseph (2008) A memoir of infertility and adoption.

[edit] Links

• 'The Monsters of St. Helena': Voted Onto the Island New York Times, February 2, 2003
• "Breaking the Waves" Village Voice, September 8, 1999
• Caesar's Antlers review New York Times, April 19, 1998
• Dispatches From the Antipodes, New York Times, September 24, 1995
• "A Stand-Up Genius" New York Times, August 5, 1990
• An interview with Brooks Hansen

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