George Saunders

George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and a novel. His writing has appeared in "The New Yorker", "Harper's", "McSweeney's", and "GQ". He also contributed a weekly column, "American Psyche", to the weekend magazine of "The Guardian" between 2006 and 2008.
Awards.
His story collection "In Persuasion Nation" was a finalist for the Story Prize in 2007. In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Saunders's "" won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize. His novel "Lincoln in the Bardo" won the 2017 Man Booker Prize.