Joseph Olshan is an American novelist.

Life and career

Olshan is the author of ten novels, most recently, ''Black Diamond Fall'' (Polis Books, 2018). His first novel, ''

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'', won the ''

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Young Writers' Competition and went on to be made into a feature film starring

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in 1988. In addition to his novels, he has written extensively for newspapers and magazines, including the ''

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Harper's Bazaar ''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the st ...

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.'' Between 1992 and 1994 he was a regular book reviewer for ''

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.'' For most of the 1990s he was a professor of Creative Writing at

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, where he taught both graduate and undergraduate courses. He is currently Editorial Director of Delphinium Books (distributed by Harpercollins). Olshan is published in the U.S. by

St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...

and

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and in United Kingdom by

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and by Arcadia Books. His work has been translated into sixteen languages. He grew up in

Harrison, New York Harrison is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States, northeast of Manhattan. The population was 28,218 at the 2020 census. History Harrison was established in 1696 by a patent granted by the British government to John Harrison a ...

, and New York City and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He lives in Bend, Oregon, and Stamford, Connecticut. Olshan is openly gay. He is not considered a writer of ''gay literature'' but prefers to be considered simply as a "writer".

Novels

* ''Black Diamond Fall'' (Polis Books, 2018) * ''Cloudland'' (St. Martin's Press, 2012) * ''The Conversion'' (St. Martin's Press, 2008) * ''In Clara's Hands'' (Bloomsbury, 2003) * ''Vanitas'' (Simon & Schuster, 1998) * ''Nightswimmer'' (Simon & Schuster, 1994) * ''The Sound of Heaven'' (Bloomsbury, 1992) * ''The Waterline'' (Doubleday, 1989) * ''A Warmer Season'' (Bloomsbury/McGraw-Hill, co-pub, 1987) * ''Clara's Heart'' (Arbor House, 1985)

References

Sources

Library of Congress Online Catalog > Joseph Olshan

External links

Joseph Olshan Official Website

Audio: Vermont Public Radio > Interview with Author Joseph Olshan on ''The Conversion'' > Friday May 2, 2008 > By Neal Charnoff

Bloomsbury > Joseph Olshan Bio

Audio: NPR's ''All Things Considered''> Book reviewer Alan Cheuse Examines ''The Conversion,'' by Joseph Olshan

Audio: NPR's ''All Things Considered''> Book reviewer Alan Cheuse Reviews ''Vanitas,'' by Joseph Olshan

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