Smith Henderson
OccupationNovelist
Alma materUniversity of Montana (BA)
Michener Center for Writers (MFA)
Notable works
Notable awards
  • PEN Emerging Writers Award (2011)
  • Philip Roth Residency in Creative Writing at Bucknell University (2011)
Website
www.smith-henderson.com

Smith Henderson is an American fiction writer, and is the author of the novels Fourth of July Creek and (with Jon Marc Smith) Make Them Cry, as well as short stories published in Best American Short Stories, Tin House, American Short Fiction, One Story, and Witness.

His debut novel Fourth of July Creek was a bestseller and was named a Notable Book by the New York Times[1] and the third best novel of the year according to Entertainment Weekly.[2]

Biography

Before becoming a novelist, Henderson studied classics at the University of Montana, then moved to Texas to work as a social worker and a prison guard.[3] He also worked in advertising, helping to produce the Clint Eastwood/"Halftime in America" commercial for Chrysler that aired in February 2012 during halftime of Super Bowl XLVI.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "100 Notable Books of 2014". The New York Times. 2014.
  2. ↑ "10 Best Fiction Books of 2014". Entertainment Weekly. 2014.
  3. ↑ "FOURTH OF JULY CREEK by Smith Henderson". Harper Audio Presents (Podcast). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Go Ahead and Learn This Writer's Name: Smith Henderson". Musings: A Blog By Parnassus Books. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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