Jesse Ball

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Sydney Blair Memorial Professor of Creative Writing
Department
English - Creative Writing
Bio

The author of over a dozen books, most recently the novel How to Set a Fire and Why. His works have been published to acclaim in many parts of the world and translated into more than a dozen languages. He won the 2008 Paris Review Plimpton Prize, was long-listed for the National Book Award, and has been a fellow of the NEA, Creative Capital, and the Guggenheim Foundation. For more information, see jesseball.com.