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Daniel Gregory Mason Daniel Gregory Mason (November 20, 1873 – December 4, 1953) was an American composer and music critic. Biography Mason was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He came from a long line of notable American musicians, including his father Henry Ma ...

.'' Daniel Mason (born ca. 1976) is an American novelist and physician. He is the author of ''The Piano Tuner,'' ''A Far Country'' and ''North Woods''. He was raised in

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, and received a BA in

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from

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, later graduating from the

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. He wrote his first novel, ''

The Piano Tuner ''The Piano Tuner'' is a historical novel by Daniel Mason, set in British India and Burma. It was first published in 2002 when Mason was 26 and was his first novel.Barrett, Andrea (29 September 2002)"A Few Strings Loose" ''New York Times''. Retriev ...

'', while still a medical student. It was later the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name (composed by

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to a libretto by

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). Mason's second novel, ''

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'', was published in March 2007. The North Woods was published in 2023. His work has been published in 28 countries. He is married to the novelist

Sara Houghteling Sara Houghteling (born 1977) is an American novelist and educator. Biography She was born in 1977 and graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1999. She received her Master's in Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Michigan in ...

. In May 2020, Mason was the recipient of the $50,000

Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize The Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize is an annual award presented by the New Literary Project to recognize mid-career writers of fiction.Kosman, Joshia (May 12, 2020"Bay Area author and psychiatrist Daniel Mason wins $50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Priz ...

.Kosman, Joshia (May 12, 2020
"Bay Area author and psychiatrist Daniel Mason wins $50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Prize"
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'' Mason is a psychiatrist affiliated with

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, and teaches literature at Stanford University.

Books

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'' – 2007 *''Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw'' – 2008 Picador Shots – 'Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw'
. Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-05-26. *'' The Winter Soldier'' – 2018 *''

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'' – 2020 *''

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'' – 2023

References

External links

Interview
with Mason at identitytheory.com

of ''The Piano Tuner'' by

Michiko Kakutani Michiko Kakutani (born January 9, 1955) is an American writer and retired literary critic, best known for reviewing books for ''The New York Times'' from 1983 to 2017. In that role, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1998. Early life ...

in ''

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