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David Liss

American novelist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1966 · age 60

David Liss is an American writer of novels, essays and short fiction; more recently working also in comic books. He was born in New Jersey and grew up in South Florida. Liss received his BA degree from Syracuse University, an MA from Georgia State University and his M. Phil from Columbia University.

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2001Barry Award for Best First NovelAwardEdgar AwardsAwardMacavity AwardsAward1966Born16 March 1966

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Edgar Awards2001
Barry Award for Best First Novel2001
Macavity Awards2001

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He left his post-graduate studies of 18th Century British literature and unfinished dissertation to write full-time. "If things had not worked out with fiction, I probably would have kept to my graduate school career track and sought a job as a literature professor," he said. A full-time writer since 2010, Liss lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and children.

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Born 1966 · age 60

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