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Colson Whitehead

(b.1970)

Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels Zone One; Sag Harbor; The Intuitionist, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; John Henry Days, which won the Young Lions Fiction Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Apex Hides the Hurt, winner of the PEN Oakland Award. He has also written a book of essays about his home town, The Colossus of New York. A recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur Fellowship, he lives in New York City.

Awards: Pulitzer (2020), Orwell (2020), Clarke (2017), NBA (2016) see all

Genres: Historical, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Horror

Series

Ray Carney
1. Harlem Shuffle (2021)
2. Crook Manifesto (2023)

Novels

   The Intuitionist (1998)
   John Henry Days (2001)
   Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)
   Sag Harbor (2009)
   Zone One (2011)
   The Underground Railroad (2016)
   The Nickel Boys (2019)

Collections

The Colossus of New York (2003)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Colson Whitehead

The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 (2022)
(Best Mystery Stories of the Year, book 2)
edited by
Sara Paretsky and Otto Penzler

Central Park (2012)
An Anthology
edited by
Andrew Blauner

Brooklyn Noir 2 (2005)
The Classics
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
Tim McLoughlin

More books

Awards

	2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : The Nickel Boys
	2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction : The Nickel Boys
	2019 Kirkus Prize for Fiction : The Nickel Boys
	2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : The Underground Railroad
	2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award : The Underground Railroad
	2016 National Book Award for Fiction : The Underground Railroad

Award nominations

	2024 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Crook Manifesto
	2024 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Crook Manifesto
	2022 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Harlem Shuffle
	2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : Harlem Shuffle
	2021 Kirkus Prize for Fiction (finalist) : Harlem Shuffle
	2021 Dublin Literary Award (nominee) : The Nickel Boys
	2020 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : The Nickel Boys
	2019 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : The Nickel Boys
	2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : The Nickel Boys
	2017 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Underground Railroad
	2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Underground Railroad
	2017 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award (shortlist) : The Underground Railroad
	2017 Booker Prize (longlist) : The Underground Railroad
	2017 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : The Underground Railroad
	2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction (finalist) : The Underground Railroad
	2010 PEN/Faulkner Award (nominee) : Sag Harbor
	2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee) : John Henry Days
	2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : John Henry Days

Colson Whitehead recommends

The Carnivale of Curiosities (2023)
Amiee Gibbs
"A wonderfully imagined and fiendishly clever debut."

The Light Pirate (2022)
Lily Brooks-Dalton
"Lily Brooks-Dalton is an uncanny chronicler of desolate spaces, whether it's the cold expanse of the universe or the deepest recesses of the human heart."

Liberation Day (2022)
George Saunders
"A true artist charting hidden creative territory."