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Michael Chabon


Born
in Washington, D.C., The United States
May 24, 1963

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Literature & Fiction

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Michael Chabon is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984. He subsequently received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine.
Chabon's first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), was published when he was 24. He followed it with Wonder Boys (1995) and two short-story collections. In 2000, he published The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a novel that John Leonard would later call Chabon's magnum opus. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001.
His novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union, an alternate hi ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 518,842 ratings · 44,665 reviews · 142 distinct works • Similar authors
The Amazing Adventures of K...
4.19 avg rating — 212,174 ratings — published 2000 — 147 editions
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
3.72 avg rating — 80,155 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Wonder Boys
3.93 avg rating — 37,069 ratings — published 1995 — 85 editions
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Moonglow
3.80 avg rating — 34,690 ratings — published 2016 — 70 editions
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
3.65 avg rating — 28,389 ratings — published 1988 — 87 editions
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Telegraph Avenue
3.40 avg rating — 21,697 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
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The Final Solution
3.36 avg rating — 19,269 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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3.46 avg rating — 14,611 ratings — published 2007 — 58 editions
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Summerland
3.57 avg rating — 12,658 ratings — published 2002 — 75 editions
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Manhood for Amateurs
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“There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.”
― Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys
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“Drunk, Jane spoke as though she were Nancy Drew. I was a fool for a girl with a dainty lexicon.”
― Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
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“In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.”
― Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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