David Vann

His books have been published in 23 languages and have won 14 prizes and been on 83 'best books of the year' lists. They have been selected for The New Yorker Book Club, the Times Book Club, the Samlerens Bogklub in Denmark and have been optioned for film by Inkfactory and Haut et Court. He has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, CNN, PBS, National Geographic, and E!.

David Vann studied at Stanford University, University of San Francisco and Cornell University. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literary activity, creative writing and prose. Employment is recorded with Florida State University and University of San Francisco. Distinctions recorded are Prix Médicis étranger, Guggenheim Fellowship and honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University.

• 2005—A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea • 2008—Legend of a Suicide, stories and a novella • 2011—Caribou Island • 2011—Last Day On Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter • 2012—Dirt • 2013—Goat Mountain • 2014—Crocodile: Memoirs from a Mexican Drug-Running Port, published in Spanish only • 2015—Aquarium • 2017—Bright Air Black • 2019—Halibut on the Moon • 2020—Le bleu au-delà (The Blue Beyond), published in French only • 2021—Komodo, published in French only

2nd place Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Prize for the novel for Legend of a Suicide 2011—Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, The Center for Fiction, New York for Caribou Island 2011—Prix du Roman Fnac, France, second place for Caribou Island 2011—Le Prix Lire & Virgin, France, for Caribou Island 2012—PEN CENTER USA Literary Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction for Last Day On Earth 2012—The Sunday Times Short Story Award shortlist (final 5 out of 1,150), for a short story, “It’s Not Yours” 2013—Prix du Festival Lire en Poche de Gradignan, for Caribou Island 2013—finalist, Grand prix de Littérature policière, France, for Dirt 2013—finalist, California Book Award in Fiction for Goat Mountain

2008—The Story Prize, for Legend of a Suicide 2013—International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Caribou Island 2013—Chautauqua Prize, for Goat Mountain 2014—International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Dirt Two Pushcart Prize nominations for Legend of a Suicide